Modals : english grammar

Grammar Skills: Modals

1.May
a)​ Polite request
b)​ Weak possibility
c)​ Permission without request
d)​ Blessings and Curses

2. Might
a)​ Very weak possibility
b)​ Past of MAY in reported speech
c)​ Hypothetical sentences

3. Can
a)​ Impolite request
b)​ Ability and disability
c)​ Strong possibility
d)​ Reply to polite request

4. Could
a)​ Very polite request
b)​ Very weak possibility
c)​ Past ability and disability
d)​ Past of CAN in reported speech
e)​ Hypothetical sentences.

5. Shall
a)​ Threat in direct speech.
b)​ With the subject 'I' and 'We'.

6. Will
a)​ Willingness or unwillingness
b)​ Promise
c)​ Strong possibility

7. Should
a)​ Suggestions or advices
b)​ Moral concerns

8. Would
a)​ Very weak possibility
b)​ Short time request
c)​ Past of 'will' and 'shall' in reported speech