Model Verbs definition and explaination

 

Model verbs

How is model verb different than normal verbs?

1.  No inflection - Modal verbs don’t have inflection, which means that you do not add any suffixes to the modal verb. That means no “-s” or “-es”.

1. Defective use - You cannot use modal verbs as participles or infinitives.
2. Auxiliary use - You can only use modal verbs as auxiliary verbs, in order to modify the meaning of the main verb.

 

    What are the functions of model verbs?

Model verbs show:

·    Permission

s  Suggestion

    Advice

    Recommendation

    Necessity 

    Obligation etc.

List of model verbs

Can, could, may, might, should, must, ought, need to, shall, will.

In this lesson we will study CAN and COULD.

Can is used to show ABILITY.

·       I can drive a truck.

·       I can speak English.

Can is also used to show permission:

·       You can leave now.

·       You can call me any time.

Can is used to seek permission (Less formal though)

Can I sit next to you?

Can I leave now?

Where to use Could

For formal requests:

Could you hand me over the paper?

Could you please hold on?

As a past tense of Can (which shows ability or inability)

I could not wait as I was in a hurry.

Present Conditional possibility

You could win the match if you select the right team.

Usages of Could have

For Past conditional possibilities

He could have survived the attack if he wasn’t away from the hospital.

 How to learn tense?

This question often arises in English language students minds as tenses play important role in language learning. But before you start learning tenses, you should ask yourself, 

What is a tense?

Time and action relationship is called tense. In simple words, "time" in grammar is known as tense provided, there is an action associated with it. 

"Birds fly" despite the fact it does not show a clear time but from the verb "fly" we know, it's their ROUTINE or Habit hence, we can mark the tense of this sentence as simple present. 

WHERE TO START FROM?

In this article students will be given a complete guideline for tenses learning. 

Now let's begin our lesson!

How many tenses English language has? 

English language has 12 tenses. The table below will help you learn the names of all the 12 tenses.

12 TENSES WITH Helping verbs

          

Tense	Helping verbs
Simple present	Do /  Does
Present continuous	Is / are / am
Present perfect	Has / Have
Present perfect continuous	Has been / have been
Simple past	Did
Past continuous	WAS / WERE
PAST PERFECT	had
Past perfect continuous	Had been
Simple future	Will
Future continuous	Will be
Future perfect	Will have
Future perfect continuous	Will have been

As a beginner, your first job will be to read the table as many times until you  memorize all the tenses including their helping verbs.  Once you are done doing this, now write down the tenses on paper. 

If you still miss a name or two, go through the table again. 

Some students make a big mistake by learning the structures first. This is wrong approach. Until you clearly know the tenses and the relevant helping verbs (also called Auxiliary verbs) DO NOT GO FOR STRUCTURE LEARNING. 

Remember, basic tenses are 3 but each of them has been further divided into 3 more groups. 

For more learning click on this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu8dnY0cg8E