8. Will
Future action | You will do the work. |
Future prediction | He will start a school very soon. |
Order (2nd and 3rd person) | You will carry out my order. |
Determination (1st person) | I will do the work at any cost. |
Polite request (2nd person) | Will you post the letter for me? |
Future habitual action | Spring will come again. |
Conditional | If you want, I will help you. |
9. Would
Polite request | Would you post the letter for me? |
Offer/invitations | Would you mind having a cup of tea with me? |
Purpose( after ‘in order that’ and ‘so that’) | He worked hard in order that he would shine in life. |
Conditional (past) | If you wanted, I would help you. |
Preference (would rather/would better/would sooner) | He would rather die than beg. |
10. Must
Obligation | You must obey your teacher. |
Advice | You must take regular exercise. |
Logical conclusion | You must be hungry after a long journey. |
Certainty | He must be a good boy. |
Determination | I must see him punished. |
Past certainty | You must have gone there. |
11. Have to
Obligation (have to, has to, had to shall have to/ will have to) | I have to look after my old parents. |
Indicating advice | You have to learn English. |
12. Need
Modal ( need not) | He need not do it. |
Principal (need) | He needs to do it. |
13. Dare
Modal verb(negative/interrogative) | He dare not do it. |
Principal verb (affirmative) | He dared to go there |
Challenge | He dares me to do the work. |
14. Used to
Discontinued habit | I used to drink tea; now I drink coffee. |
Continued habit | Omar (R) used to lead a very simple life. |
15. “Be” used as Modal Verb
Duty or necessity (Am to/ is to/ are to) | I am to look after my old parents. |
16. Going to
For future intention | They are going to open a bank account. |
17. Had better
Preference | You had better go now |
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