Modality

Question 1

What is modality?

Answer 1

• Speaker’s/writer’s attitude towards a state of the world.
• Expresses whether something is real/true or speculative/uncertain

Question 2

Modal verbs

Answer 2

• Express necessity, possibility, permission, ability and obligation
• Characteristics:
- Don’t inflect for tense
- ** = for all subjects**
- ** + base form**
- No ‘do’ in ✖️ or ❔️

Question 3

Pure Modals

Answer 3

• “can, could, may, might, should, shall, will, would, must”
• Follow the characteristics