English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.39c

Use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions.

COS Examples

Examples: can, may, must

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Knowledge

  • Modal auxiliaries are verbs that never change forms the way most other verbs do.
  • Modal auxiliary verbs indicate possibility, capability, necessity, or willingness.

Skills

  • Use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions; for example, can, may, must.

Understanding

  • Modal auxiliaries are a type of helping verb that must be used together with the main verb of the sentence.

Vocabulary

  • Modal auxiliaries
  • Convey
  • Various conditions
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