Modal verbs recap

Modal verbs express possibility or obligation. These auxiliary verbs have different shades of meaning, showing how likely, necessary or possible an action is. 

For example:

1. The cat will curl up beside the radiator tonight.
2. The cat can curl up beside the radiator tonight.

Both of these scenarios are possible, but the first one is most likely (definite even) as it is saying it WILL happen. The one beneath it merely says it CAN. And we all know that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you will or should.

Now let's have a go at exploring these a little further...

Use the statements above and order them in order of likelihood from least likely to most likely depending on the modal used in each. Are any of them equally likely?

Happy revising!

Miss Barrell x