Content tagged with "permission"
7 item(s) found.Modals in the main clause of second conditional sentences
Instead of would here we can use could (permission or ability), might (certainty/uncertainty) or should (obligation).
If you were taller, you could play for the Lakers.
If you weren’t under 18, I should punish you.
Modals in the IF-clause of second conditional sentences
The auxiliaryA helping verb used with main verbs to express mood, voice and tense. E.g.: I can't stand when I am disturbed. ("can", "am") could is used here to express permission or ability.
I'd go to the beach with you if I could swim.
Modals in the IF-clause of first conditional sentences
In the if-clauseA group of related words containing a subject and a verb. of the first conditional we can use should (to express that the condition is less likely), can (permission or ability), will or would (willingness, insistence and refusal), must (obligation) or may (permission).
Modals in the main clause of first conditional sentences
Instead of will here we can use may/might (certainty/uncertainty), may (permission), can (permission or ability) or must/should (obligation).
Modals expressing past permission / prohibition
To express past permission and prohibition could and was/were allowed to are used.
We were not allowed to smoke in the restaurant.
We could not apply for a visa because of my parents' past.
Modals expressing present and future permission / prohibition
To express permission and prohibition, the following structureThe way in which the parts of a sentence, clause or expression are arranged. E.g.: make somebody + infinitive in "The teacher made me rewrite the composition."s are used.
