Modals

Semua auxiliary verbs “kecuali be, do dan have” disebut modals. Tidak seperti auxiliary verbs lainnya, modals juga berfungsi sebagai kata kerja Bantu dan tidak dapat berdiri sendiri.

Modal	Contoh	Penggunaan
Can	They can control their own budgets. Can I smoke here? Can you help me?	Kemampuan / Kemungkinan Minta Izin Permintaan
Could	Could I borrow your dictionary? Could you say it again more slowly? We could try to fix it ourselves. I think we could have another Gulf War. He gave up his old job so he could work for us.	Minta Izin Permintaan Saran Kemungkinan Kemampuan
May	May I have another cup of coffee? China may become a major economic power.	Minta Izin Kemungkinan
Might	They might give us a 10% discount.	Kemungkinan
Must	We must say good-bye now. They mustn’t disrupt the work more than necessary.	Keharusan Larangan
Ought to	We ought to employ a professional writer.	Menyarankan
Shall (jarang dipakai di Amerika)	Shall I help you with your luggage? Shall we say 2.30 then? Shall I do that or will you?	Menawarkan Menyarankan Meminta
Should	We should sort out this problem at once. I think we should check everything again. Profits should increase next year.	Menyarankan Merekomendasikan Prediksi tak tentu
Will	I can’t see any taxis so I’ll walk. I’ll do that for you if you like. I’ll get back to you first thing on Monday. Profits will increase next year.	Keputusan spontan Menawarkan Janji Prediksi tak tentu
Would	Would you mind if I brought a colleague with me? Would you pass the salt please? Would you mind waiting a moment? “Would three o’clock suit you?” - “That’d be fine.” Would you like to play golf this Friday? “Would you prefer tea or coffee?” - “I’d like tea please.”	Minta Izin Permintaan Permintaan Mengatur Mengundang Merujuk

Modal auxiliary verbs selalu diikuti oleh bentuk kata kerja pertama.