What are modal verbs?

What are modal verbs?

Often in IELTS we are asked to give opinions on situations and make recommendations. We can do this using modal verbs. Modal verbs can be used to express:     obligation/freedom to act     certainty / deductions     ability As with many other words in the English...
Summary of this lesson

Summary of this lesson

In this lesson you should have learned… how to use modal verbs to express obligation and freedom to act how to use modal verbs to express certainty and deduction how to use modal verbs to express ability how to use modal verbs in their past, present and future...
Essential vocabulary for this lesson

Essential vocabulary for this lesson

To complete this lesson, you will need to know the following vocabulary. When you are sure you know all the words, continue to the next page. OBLIGATION CERTAINTY DEDUCTION NECESSITY ACQUIT REWARD SPONSORSHIP PENALTY REHABILITATION INTERVENE FRUSTRATING...
Aims of this lesson

Aims of this lesson

By the end of this lesson, you will know: what modal verbs are how to use modal verbs to express obligation and freedom to act how to use modal verbs to express certainty and deduction how to use modal verbs to express ability how to use modal verbs in their past,...
What are modal verbs?

Reported speech

Reported speech, also called indirect speech, is what happens when we are telling someone about what another person said. Here is an example of direct and reported speech: Direct speech: I don’t like this party. Reported or indirect speech: He said (that) he...