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The children are not to cross the road on their own, they need supervision.

The lifeguard said that we are to stay out of the sea as the current is very strong today.

The doctor said that I am to rest until the infection has healed entirely.

We are to finish the presentation by next week.

(Be + to + verb) This construction is a formal way of giving a command or stating what will happen in the future.

It is supposed to rain tomorrow, I hope it doesn’t.

We are supposed to clean the house today before our parent arrive home.

She was supposed to finish the assignment yesterday but she is still doing it.

You were supposed to visit your grandmother, did you go?.

He is supposed to study for his exams but instead he is playing video games.

The past modals 'could have + past participle', 'should have + past participle' and 'would have + past participle' can be confusing.

When I lived in Italy, we would often eat in the restaurant next to my flat.

We can use 'will' and 'would' to talk about habits or things we usually do, or did in the past.

Could is more formal and polite than can. Can I make a suggestion could We also use could to ask for permission (but not to give it). Can I sit here You can use my car if you like. Permission can We often use can to ask for and give permission. We also use modal verbs to say something is not allowed. Grammar explanation We often use verbs with modal meanings to talk about permission and obligation. We can use verbs such as 'can', 'could' and 'may' to ask for and give permission. We can use verbs such as 'must' or 'should' to say when something is necessary or unnecessary, or to give advice.Ĭlick here to find out more about obligation Permission

My grandfather could play golf very well.Ĭlick here to find out more about ability.

We use 'can' and 'could' to talk about a skill or ability. £200 for two cups of coffee!Ĭlick here to find out more about probability. It's snowing, so it must be very cold outside.We often call these 'modals of deduction' or 'speculation' or 'certainty' or 'probability'. Probability:įirst, they can be used when we want to say how sure we are that something happened / is happening / will happen. Here's a list of the modal verbs in English: canġ: They don't use an 's' for the third person singular.Ģ: They make questions by inversion ('she can go' becomes 'can she go?').ģ: They are followed directly by the infinitive of another verb (without 'to'). Click here to download this explanation as a pdf.Ĭlick here for all the exercises about modal verbs