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, ...

Modal verbs are easy to spot because there are so few of them. In addition to must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may and might, we can add ought to and have to. If we are told that we 'must ...

If you ask me which modal verb is the most versatile, I am likely to choose ‘would’. Although it is readily identified as the past tense form of ‘will’, it has far more uses, to the extent that it ...