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    Modal verbs such as may, can, must, should, and need are used to express ability, permission, or obligation, but many cannot be used in all tenses. The document provides substitutes for modal verbs that allow them to be used in different tenses, such as using "have to" instead of "must" and "be able to" instead of "can". Examples are given such as "I must swim" becoming "I have to swim", and "I may swim" becoming "I am allowed to swim".

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    Modal verbs such as may, can, must, should, and need are used to express ability, permission, or obligation, but many cannot be used in all tenses. The document provides substitutes for modal verbs that allow them to be used in different tenses, such as using "have to" instead of "must" and "be able to" instead of "can". Examples are given such as "I must swim" becoming "I have to swim", and "I may swim" becoming "I am allowed to swim".

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    Modal Verbs and Their Substitutes: Modal Verb Substitute Example

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    Modal verbs such as may, can, must, should, and need are used to express ability, permission, or obligation, but many cannot be used in all tenses. The document provides substitutes for modal verbs that allow them to be used in different tenses, such as using "have to" instead of "must" and "be able to" instead of "can". Examples are given such as "I must swim" becoming "I have to swim", and "I may swim" becoming "I am allowed to swim".

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    Modal Verbs and their substitutes

    Modal verbs are for example may, can, must, should, need. They express an ability, permission, wish etc. to do something. (I may, can, must swim.) Many modal verbs cannot be used in all of the English tenses. That's why we need to know the substitutes to these modal verbs. Modal Verb Substitute must to have to must not not to be allowed to can to be able to may to be allowed to need to have to need not not to have to shall / to be supposed to / to be should/ ought expected to / to be to to Example I must swim. = I have to swim. I must not swim. = I am not allowed to swim. I can swim. = I am able to swim. I may swim. = I am allowed to swim. I need to swim. = I have to swim. I need not swim. = I don't have to swim. I shall / should / ought to swim. = I am supposed to swim. / I am expected to swim. / I am to swim.

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