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English irregular verbs > Divid verbs to logical groups > The modal verbs
The modal verbs
They express things like ability, permission, possibility, obligation etc. Modal verbs only have one form. They do not take -s in the simple present and they do not have a past simple or past participle form. However, some modal verbs have alternative forms that allow us to express the same ideas in different tenses.
| Verb | Past | Past Participle | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| can | could | ||||
| may | might | ||||
| must | |||||
| shall | should | ||||
| will | would | ||||
| ought |
To find the correct form, you can use an online database of the irregular verbs.
For example: irregular verb CAN