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modal helping verbs 2

*Possibility

You can go from London to Liverpool by train.

If you go now, you may catch the bus.

We could go by bus.

We might go by bus.

*Probability

You tried really hard. You should get a good grade.

We ought to be there by 6 o'clock.

modal helping verbs 1

*Permission

You can open the window if you want.

You may answer the phone if it's an emergency.

Could I use your book, please?

Might I borrow your umbrella?

*Obligation

I must finish this report before noon.

You mustn't park your car here.

*Intention

They will give our money back.

I shadn't stay long.

I tried to explain, but nobody would listen

*Ability

Tom can speak Italian.

I can't find my book.

I arrived late because I couldn't catch the bus.

*transitive and intransitive

He arrived late. (Intransitive)

He steals money from his parents. (Transitive)

Bob gives me a flower. (Transitive)

Where are you going? (Intransitive)

I see a bird. (Transitive)

Let’s try it and see what happens. (Intransitive)

I can’t speak because I have a cold. (Intransitive)

I can’t speak Spanish. (Transitive)

Can I watch? (Intransitive)

We watched the sunset

*Helping Verbs

Primary Helping Verbs:

Be, Have, Do

Be: am, is, are

I am going to school.

The door is painted by Richard.

Have:

She has eaten lunch.

Do:

I do not watch TV.

Do you want to come with me?

I do want you to succeed.

I speak faster than she does.

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Modal Helping Verbs:

can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought to

*helping verbs main verbs

Helping Verbs:

I can.

People must.

The earth will.

Main Verbs:

I teach.

People eat.

The earth rotates.

Ali likes coffee.

I lied to you.

*intro to verbs

Stop!

Action Words: run, fight, do, work

State Words: exist, be, seem, belong

Tom plays soccer every day.

Tom seems kind.

to work, work, works, worked, working