Form: "modal verb + verb"
The modal verb can be: will, can, shall, may, could, would, should, might, must.
Modal verbs do not change to agree with the subject, i.e. they keep the same form.
- I will go to the party.
- You will go to the party.
- He will go to the party.
- They will go to the party.
- We will go to the party.
There are also modal phrases (some of which don't change form), such as:
- could have + verb
- would have + verb
- must have + verb
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Examples:
- I could have won the prize if I had entered the contest.
- He must have won the lottery.
- have to + verb
- have got to + Verb
- be able to + Verb
- ought to + Verb
- be supposed to + Verb
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Examples:
- I used to think that all animals have four legs.
- I am supposed to come back tomorrow to meet the manager.
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