{"id":673,"date":"2022-04-19T09:23:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T09:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=673"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:21:26","slug":"e-gg-4-what-does-the-modal-verb-show","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-gg-4-what-does-the-modal-verb-show\/","title":{"rendered":"E- GG.4 What does the modal verb show?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> What does the modal verb show?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-4d4696560822e7cb72ec4be90d4370b1\" style=\"color:#74008b\">Key Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-f027d956c9037623386e378cf3113b79\">\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Modal Verbs: What Do They Show?<\/strong> \ud83c\udf1f<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Modal verbs are special helping verbs that give extra meaning to the <strong>main verb<\/strong> in a sentence. They help us express things like <strong>possibility, ability, permission, or obligation<\/strong>. \u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Ability \ud83d\udcaa<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shows what someone <strong>can<\/strong> or <strong>cannot<\/strong> do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>can<\/strong> swim. \ud83c\udfca<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>cannot<\/strong> lift the box. \ud83d\udce6\u274c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Possibility<\/strong> \ud83e\udd14<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shows if something <strong>might<\/strong> or <strong>might not<\/strong> happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It <strong>may<\/strong> rain today. \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>might<\/strong> go to the park. \ud83c\udf33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Permission<\/strong> \u2705\ud83d\udea6<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shows if someone is <strong>allowed<\/strong> or <strong>not allowed<\/strong> to do something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You <strong>may<\/strong> enter the classroom. \ud83c\udfeb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You <strong>cannot<\/strong> touch the painting. \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f\u274c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Obligation \/ Necessity<\/strong> \ud83d\udcdd\u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shows if someone <strong>must<\/strong> or <strong>should<\/strong> do something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You <strong>must<\/strong> wear a helmet. \ud83e\ude96<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>should<\/strong> help our friends. \ud83e\udd1d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Politeness \/ Suggestion<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42\ud83d\udcac<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Makes sentences <strong>polite or suggestive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You <strong>could<\/strong> try this game. \ud83c\udfae<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shall<\/strong> we dance? \ud83d\udc83\ud83d\udd7a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udd11 <strong>Quick List of Common Modal Verbs<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Modal Verb<\/th><th>Use<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>can \/ could<\/td><td>Ability<\/td><td>I <strong>can<\/strong> read fast. \ud83d\udcd6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>may \/ might<\/td><td>Possibility<\/td><td>It <strong>might<\/strong> snow tomorrow. \u2744\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>must \/ should<\/td><td>Obligation<\/td><td>You <strong>must<\/strong> finish homework. \ud83d\udcdd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>will \/ shall<\/td><td>Future \/ Suggestion<\/td><td>I <strong>will<\/strong> call you. \ud83d\udcde<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cannot \/ must not<\/td><td>Prohibition<\/td><td>You <strong>cannot<\/strong> cheat. \u274c<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\u2705 <strong>Remember:<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Modal verbs <strong>never change form<\/strong>. \u274c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wrong: He <strong>cans<\/strong> swim. \u274c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right: He <strong>can<\/strong> swim. \u2705<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They <strong>always come before the main verb<\/strong>. \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/78575\/995\/134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-152.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-152.png 500w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-152-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-152-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/79460\/466\/611\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-143.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-143.png 500w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-143-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-143-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the modal verb show? Key Notes: \ud83c\udf1f Modal Verbs: What Do They Show? \ud83c\udf1f Modal verbs are special helping verbs that give extra meaning to the main verb in a sentence. They help us express things like possibility, ability, permission, or obligation. \u2705 Ability \ud83d\udcaa Shows what someone can or cannot do. 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