How are modal verbs used in a sentence?

Some examples of auxiliary verbs include:

• She is cooking dinner for us tonight.
• Does he play the ukulele?
• They have finished the assignment.
• He was reading a book during lunchtime.
• I did call you last night.

Some examples of auxiliary verbs include:

• She is cooking dinner for us tonight.
• Does he play the ukulele?
• They have finished the assignment.
• He was reading a book during lunchtime.
• I did call you last night.

Some examples of modal verbs include:

• She can solve this puzzle within one minute.
• He may come late to the meeting.
• You must wear a seatbelt while driving.
• I would love to visit South Korea.
• You should study regularly.

Auxiliary Verbs or Primary Helping Verbs are the verbs used with main verbs to express different voices, questions, tenses, and negations in a sentence. These include different forms of Be, Have, and Do, such as is, am, are, be, been, being, do, did, does, was, and were.

Modals are an integral part of sentence structure in English, Hence, their correct knowledge and understanding is important to speak and write correct English. Students can consider following books to study Modals in details: