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Cariam.09

Created on February 2, 2020

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  • Ability

OUGHT TO

Advice

  • Ability
  • Request
  • Suggestion

BE ABLE TO

SHOULD

Advice

CAN

Lack of obligation

DON'T HAVE TO

  • Certainty
  • Prohibition

CAN'T

MODAL VERBS

MUSTN'T

  • Ability
  • Request
  • Suggestion

Prohibition

COULD

NEEDN'T

Lack of obligation

MAY

  • Possibility
  • Formal request

NEED TO

MIGHT

Obligation

  • Possibility

HAVE TO

MUST

  • Obligation
  • Certainty
  • Obligation

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CERTAINTY OR LOGICAL CONCLUSION ABOUT THE PAST.

CRITICISM THAT WAS GIVEN AFTER AN EVENT

MUST HAVE

SHOULDN'T HAVE

CERTAINTY OR LOGICAL CONCLUSION ABOUT THE PAST.

ADVICE WHICH WAS NOT FOLLOWED

MIGHT/MAY HAVE

SHOULD HAVE

MODAL PERFECTS

COULD HAVE

ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING IN THE PAST BUT WHICH WAS NOT DONE.

CERTAINTY THAT SOMETHING DID NOT HAPPEN

COULDN'T HAVE