🧙‍♂️ Modal Verbs Made Easy

1. Can 🐾

👉 Ability / Permission

🗣 “I can ride a bike!”

🧑‍🏫 “Can I go to the toilet, please?”

2. Could 🕊

👉 Past ability / Polite requests / Possibility

🗣 “When I was 5, I could tie my shoes.”

🧑‍🏫 “Could you help me, please?”

3. May 🍀

👉 Permission (formal) / Possibility

🗣 “May I play outside?”

🌦 “It may rain later.”

4. Might 🌈

👉 Small possibility

🗣 “We might see a rainbow!”

5. Must 🛑

👉 Obligation / Strong advice

🗣 “You must wear a seatbelt!”

🧑‍🏫 “You must be kind to others.”

6. Shall 🌟

👉 Suggestions / Offers (mostly UK English)

🗣 “Shall we go for ice cream?”

🧑‍🍳 “Shall I help you cook?”

7. Should 🧭

👉 Advice / Expectation

🗣 “You should brush your teeth every day.”

🧑‍🏫 “He should be home by now.”

8. Will 🚀

👉 Future

🗣 “I will do my homework after dinner.”

9. Would 💭

👉 Polite offers / Imaginary or past situations

🗣 “Would you like some juice?”

🧑‍🏫 “If I were a bird, I would fly all day.”