REET Level 2 study notes
Modal Auxiliaries
Modal auxiliaries are helping verbs such as can, could, may, might, should, would, must, ought to, shall and will. In REET Level 2 Language II English, they are tested through function: ability, permission, possibility, advice, duty, polite request, promise and certainty. The safe method is to read the whole sentence, identify the speaker’s intention, keep the verb after the modal in base form, and reject options that are too strong, too weak, too informal or grammatically impossible.
Key points
- RBSE names Modal Auxiliaries in the Level 2 Language II English syllabus.
- Use the base verb after a modal: can go, should write, must read.
- Can shows ability or informal permission; may is more formal permission or possibility.
- Might is weaker possibility; must is strong duty or logical certainty.
- Should and ought to give advice; would and could often soften requests.
- Read the speaker intention before choosing the modal in an MCQ.
- Named classroom contexts make modal meaning clearer than isolated lists.
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Modal auxiliaries are helping verbs such as can, could, may, might, should, would, must, ought to, shall and will. In REET Level 2 Language II English, they are tested through function: ability, permission, possibility, advice, duty, polite request, promise and certainty. The safe method is to read the whole sentence, identify the speaker’s intention, keep the verb after the modal in base form, and reject options that are too...