7 Modal Verbs in English
HAVE TO | Unwillingness, forced circumtances |
WOULD | Wish (with “to like”), polite request, a habit of the past |
SHOULD | Necessity, advice, blame, recommendation, reproach, regret |
USED TO | Repeated action in the past |
OUGHT TO | Moral duty, insistent advice, strict recommendation |
NEED | (un)necessity |
BE TO | Obligation arising out of arrangement or agreement |