Hello everyone welcome to the first video of this channel. Today you are
going to see my teaching style. I will review what English modals are. How
they're used, and discuss ways to use them for possibility and ability . In part
two, I will explain other ways that you use English modals. English modals are
auxilary or helping verbs that we use with main verbs all the time. Some
examples you might hear are the words can could should will might and must . We
use them for different things every day. Here are some examples how to use them
for possibility. Possibility is how likely something will happen. For example,
you are a hundred percent certain something will happen, you use will. This
is the future tense. I can say the Sun will come up tomorrow. I can also say, I
will go to school tomorrow. If you are making statements about something that
is possible but not a hundred percent certain, we can use the modals like can
may or might .For example I can say it can be possible to complete my work or I
might be able to go visit you next week. I can also say it may be possible to go
visit my family tonight. These are ways to express something that is possible
but not certain when we are almost certain of something happening we can
use the word should .For example you can say it
should be sunny tomorrow since it's been sunny all week . You can also say it
should take me 2 hours to finish my essay I'm almost done we use modals to
express ability. For example I can use the modal can to express something I'm
able to do for example I can say I can speak three languages or you can say I
can drive a motorcycle meaning I know how to drive a motorcycle. not everybody
does. you can use the word could as the past tense of can in this context. for
example I can say my grandfather could run 10 miles of day when he was in his
20s or I can say he could make everyone feel at home these are things in the
past if I want to use the be verb plus able to it is another common way English
speakers used to speak about a Billy for example you might hear I am able to walk
even after the horrible accident .I can also say he was able to finally respond
to my messages. These are things that we use to speak about ability. Here are some
quick tips to use when you use English modals. First ,when you use English
modals use the base form of the verb. Don't change it to anything else. For
example, say I can run don't change it to I can to run or I can run doesn't make
sense. Also if you are using the negative form
include the word not after the modal. For example you should say you should not
run inside the building. I'd love to hear your comments and feedback in the
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