Will , Shall
Generally ' will ' is used with ' We ' and ' You ' & ' Shall ' with ' I ' But in deterministic cases ' will ' is used with ' I '.
Eg : I will do this work.
' Shall ' is used with ' You '.
- Always use shall with you:
- Shall be grateful
- Shall be obliged
- Shall be forced
I know I will be compelled to leave this house this week.
Would , Should
would:
- Would is past form of will
( used in narration )
Eg. Ram said to shyam, " I shall go to office".
Ram told shyam that he would go to office.
- for polite request
Eg. Would you like to have cofee.
Can , Could
- could is used in past
( It is used in the place of can in past )
- formal request
Eg. Could I meet to the director.
Should
- Used for advice
Must
Must is used for compulsion
Eg. You must read the newspaper.
May , Might
Both these are used for possibility
- It may rain today.( there is a possibility that it will rain )
- It might rain today.
Past of may - might
- May is used for permissible request
Ought to
Used for moral duties.
Eg. You ought to respect your elders.
It being a storm you must thought of postponing all your programs. [ Correct : think ]
Rule : Always use 1st form of verb with Modals.
# Marginal Auxiliary Verb
need
He needs you.
[ main verb ]
He needs not to go there. [ Correct : need ]
[ need act as helping verb ]
Correct : he need nto go there.
Dare
same rules as for ' need '
Used to
Eg. He used to go there.
Rules:
- always use ' to ' with ' used '
- always use First form of veb with ' used '
- ' used ' is used for past.
[ never used ' uses ' for general cases in present ]
Incorrect : He uses to go there.
Correct : He goes there .
Incorrect : He uses to study in night
Correct : He studies in the night.
# Primary Auxiliary verbs
Is, am , are
They are used in present tense
These verbs can come only following cases :
1. As a main verb
Eg. Ram is a good boy.
[ act as main verb ]
2. In continuous tense
Eg. Ram is playing cricket. [ is + v1 + ing ]
3. In passive voice
Eg. Cricket is played by Ram. [ is + v3 ]
3. In passive voice
Eg. Cricket is played by Ram. [ is + v3 ]
Do , Does , Did
all of these are used with first form of verb.
Eg. Do you doubted about the success of this boy.
Has, Have, Had
- always used with V3
- Used in perfect tense
2. The workers fell no lesser than 200 trees within 6 hours. [ Correct : fewer ]
3. We advise him to marry his daughter as she had come to a marriagable age.
Correct: We advised him to get his daughter married as she had come to a marriagable age.
Some Confusing Verbs
| Lie | lied | Lied |
| Lie | lay | layed |
| Lay | lied | Laid |
| Hold | held | Held ( grasp ) |
| Held | held | Held ( organized something ) |
| Fall | fell | Fallen |
| fell | felled | felled |
In many lesser leaders were present in the function.[ Correct : means less important ]
