Our question this week is about a special type of verb. A verb is used to give a sentence action but this auxiliary modal verb gives expression or meaning to what you say; it's a bit like adding salt ...

Speaker 1: (TO AUDIENCE) So we're writing our end of year reports, for the children that are ready to leave and go to school in September. Speaker 2: (TO OTHER PEOPLE) I'm on the area for improvement ...

Picture a small child saying: "Can’t, shan’t, won’t!" They are using modal verbs to show their feelings and attitude to something. Maybe they are refusing to go to bed or eat their peas. Modal verbs ...

This week in Question and Answer we explain more about using modal verbs in English language. These are important words that can give your conversation feeling and meaning. Modals are the extra or ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...