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Modal auxiliaries: ability and possibility

English · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes

Use modal auxiliaries to express ability and possibility.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Primary and modal auxiliary verbs
  2. Yes-No questions and negatives with primary auxiliaries
  3. Modal auxiliaries: ability and possibility
  4. Tense and aspect