What are the recommended books to study Modals?

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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:

Book

Author

Practical Tense & Modal: An English Grammar Book

Shakti Ranbir Singh

English Grammar: Modal Verbs author

Joseph McTaggart

Modal Verbs (English Grammar - Verbs Book 2)

Jacqueline Melvin

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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.
  • did call you last night.

Modal verbs are placed right before the base form of the main verb in a sentence and help express possibility, ability, or necessity. Note that the main verbs used after the modal verbs do not take '-s', '-es', or '-ing' at the end of the verb.

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  • She can sing beautifully.
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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.
  • 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.

Following are the rules to be followed when using Modals:

·       Modals are always followed by the base form of another verb.

·       Modals do not change the tense of the sentence. While 'could' is the past tense of 'can', as a modal, it is

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