Modal verbs are easy to spot because there are so few of them. In addition to must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may and might, we can add ought to and have to. If we are told that we 'must ...

Modal verbs, which express a likelihood, ability, permission, request, order etc., usually help main verbs to state the future. It is the reason they are categorised as auxiliary verbs in the context.

By now, you should find ‘would’ more useful than ever. This is based on the analysis we started last week, projecting the different contexts the modal verb conveys different meanings. We established ...