Can and May for Permission: Modal Auxiliary Verbs
Learn how “can” and “may” are used to express permission, including the image’s guidance on formal and informal situations and practice questions.
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Learn how “can” expresses present ability or capacity and “could” expresses ability or capacity in the past, with examples and a fill-in-the-blank exercise.
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An introduction to modal auxiliary verbs, including the paired forms can/could, may/might, shall/should, and will/would, plus five single forms.
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