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Given below are some examples of how modal verbs can be used.
• The keys must be in the car. (certainty)
• It might rain this evening. (possibility)

• I can swim. (ability in the present)

• She could run fast when she was younger. (ability in the past)
• May I come in? (permission)
• Could you please show me the way? (request)

• I think you should improve your English. (advice)

• Would you please turn off the fan? (request)
• I would prefer coffee rather than tea. (choice)
• You must carry your ID card to office. (necessity)

• We should be attentive in class. (responsibility)

• We must wear uniform to school. (obligatory)
• She would play a lot when she was younger. (past habit)
• I would like to travel around the world. (wish)

• I would like some water, please. (asking for something)

• Would you like some coffee? (offering something)
• He could be at home. (possibility)
• He would be sleeping. (certainty)

• Shall I help you? (offer help)

• Shall we go out for dinner? (suggestion)
• You shall finish the work. (command)
• Shall I leave? (permission)

Fill in the blanks with suitable modals.
1. I ________________ prefer vegetarian to non-vegetarian food.

2. This is a library. You ________________ not make a noise.

3. If you want to speak English fluently, you ________________ practise it every day.

4. Drivers ________________ stop when the traffic lights are red.

5. ________________ you speak French?

6. Take an umbrella. It ________________ rain.

7. I ________________ like to build a beautiful house.

8. You ________________ eat more greens and leafy vegetables.

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