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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.
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
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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