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Would you shut the door, please?

Sometimes he would bring me some flowers.

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Wish, request (more polite than will)

Habits in the past

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Will you please shut the door?

I think it will rain on Friday.

I will stop smoking.

Can somebody drive me to the station? - I will.

-She's strange, she'll sit for hours without talking.

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Wish, request, demand, order (less polite than would)

Prediction, assumption

Promise

Spontaneous decision

Habits

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You should drive carefully in bad weather.

-You should switch off the light when you leave the room.

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Advice

Obligation

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Shall I carry your bag?

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Suggestion

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used instead of will in the 1st person

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You ought to drive carefully in bad weather.

You ought to switch off the light when you leave the room.

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Advice

Obligation

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simliar to should – ought to sounds a little less subjective

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I needn't go to the supermarket, we're going to the restaurant tonight.

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Sth. is not necessary

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You mustn't work on dad's computer.

You may not work on dad's computer.

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Prohibition (must is a little stronger)

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I must go to the supermarket today.

You must be tired.

You must see the new film with Brad Pitt.

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Force, necessity

Possibility

Advice, recommendation

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It might rain today.

Might I help you?

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Possibility (less possible than may) *

Hesitant offer *

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It may rain today.

May I go to the cinema?

May I help you?

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Possibility

Permission to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to be allowed to)

Polite suggestion

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I could speak English. permission to do sth.

I could go to the cinema.

Could I go to the cinema, please?

Could you wait a moment, please?

I could lend you my car till tomorrow.

Could we visit Grandma at the weekend?

-It could get very hot in Montana.

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Ability to do sth. in the past (substitute form: to be able to)

Permission to do sth. in the past (substitute form: to be allowed to)

Polite question *

Polite request *

Polite offer *

Polite suggestion *

Possibility *

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I can speak English.

Can I go to the cinema?

-Can you wait a moment, please?

-I can lend you my car till tomorrow.

-Can we visit Grandma at the weekend?

-It can get very hot in Arizona.

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Ability to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to be able to)

Permission to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to be allowed to)

Request

Offer

Suggestion

Possibility