Students tackle the identification of modal verbs within a given extract. This clip is suitable for teaching English at Key Stage 3 or Third Level.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Modal verbs are easy to spot because there are so few of them. In addition to must, shall, will, should, would ...

When making polite requests, the modals ‘could’ and ‘would’ are very useful. Starting your request with these two modals immediately makes your request a lot more polite. Another word that ...