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Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs (also known as "helping verbs"). Normally modal
verbs cannot work alone and must work with a main verb. The so-called "semi-
modals" work partly like modals and partly like main verbs.
Modals:
shall versus will
People sometimes say that there is no difference between shall and will, or even
that today nobody uses shall (except in offers such as Shall I call a taxi?). They
say the same thing about should, but it's not really true.
would
We use the modal auxiliary verb would mainly to talk about the past, talk about the
future in the past and express the conditional mood.
should
We use the modal auxiliary verb should mainly to give advice or make
recommendations, talk about obligation or talk about probability and expectation.