TABLE 4 MODAL VERBS OF SUPPOSITION

MODAL VERBS

SITUATIONS

MIGHT

MAY

MUST

SHOULD

WILL

1) due to the optimal degree of probability

This will be my friend.

He is the only who is stamping

as if he were an elephant

2) due to the highest degree of probability

based on certain knowledge

He must be there. He is never late.He must have been there.

3) due to the highest degree of probability

based on general logics

He should have found the park. The bus is to stop in the front of it.

3) due to the highest degree of probability

based on speaker’s convictions

.

Yo

He ought have bought the flowers. He is a very courteous man.

4) due to lower degree of probability

That may be either John or Jane. They always go together

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5) due to lowest degree of probability

He might be at work, although he usually doesn’t because of Saturdays.

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