Modal
|
Example
|
Uses
|
Can
|
They can control their
own budgets.
We can’t fix it.
Can I smoke here?
Can you help me?
|
Ability / Possibility
Inability /
Impossibility
Asking for permission
Request
|
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.
|
Asking for permission.
Request
Suggestion
Future possibility
Ability in the past
|
May
|
May I have another cup
of coffee?
China may become a
major economic power.
|
Asking for permission
Future possibility
|
Might
|
We'd better phone
tomorrow, they might be eating their dinner now.
They might give us a
10% discount.
|
Present possibility
Future possibility
|
Must
|
We must say good-bye
now.
They mustn’t disrupt
the work more than necessary.
|
Necessity / Obligation
Prohibition
|
Ought to
|
We ought to employ a
professional writer.
|
Saying what’s right or
correct
|
Shall
(More common in the UK than the US)
|
Shall I help you with
your luggage?
Shall we say 2.30
then?
Shall I do that or
will you?
|
Offer
Suggestion
Asking what to do
|
Should
|
We should sort out
this problem at once.
I think we should
check everything again.
Profits should
increase next year.
|
Saying what’s right or
correct
Recommending action
Uncertain prediction
|
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.
|
Instant decisions
Offer
Promise
Certain prediction
|
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."
|
Asking for permission
Request
Request
Making arrangements
Invitation
Preferences
|
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Modal Verb
Modal Verb เป็น verb ช่วยซึ่งสามารถนำมาใช้ได้หลายอย่างดังนี้
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Prefix
เป้น prefix(เติมข้างหน้า)คะ
Common Prefixes
Prefix | Meaning | Example |
a-, an- | without | amoral |
ante- | before | antecedent |
anti- | against | anticlimax |
auto- | self | autopilot |
circum- | around | circumvent |
co- | with | copilot |
com-, con- | with | companion, contact |
contra- | against | contradict |
de- | off, away from | devalue |
dis- | not | disappear |
en- | put into | enclose |
ex- | out of, former | extract, ex-president |
extra- | beyond, more than | extracurricular |
hetero- | different | heterosexual |
homo- | same | homonym |
hyper- | over, more | hyperactive |
il-, im-, in-, ir- | not, without | illegal, immoral, inconsiderate, irresponsible |
in- | into | insert |
inter- | between | intersect |
intra- | between | intravenous |
macro- | large | macroeconomics |
micro- | small | microscope |
mono- | one | monocle |
non- | not, without | nonentity |
omni- | all, every | omniscient |
post- | after | postmortem |
pre-, pro- | before, forward | precede, project |
sub- | under | submarine |
syn- | same time | synchronize |
trans- | across | transmit |
tri- | three | tricycle |
un- | not | unfinished |
uni- | one | unicorn |
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