The forms and functions of modal verbs
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The subject of our investigation is to define peculiarities of different forms and functions of modal verbs in the book “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.
The aim of our work is to determine the basic principles of the forms and functions of modal verbs and to specify the main aspects of its realization in the book “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.
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INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………3
CHAPTER I. THE FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF MODAL VERBS………....5
1.1. General notions about the modal verbs ………..………………………5
1.2. The forms and functions of the modal verbs …………………………..7
1.2.1. The modal verbs can and may……………………………………7
1.2.2. The modal verb must…………………………………………....13
1.2.3. The modal verbs should and ought to…………………….......…15
1.2.4. The modal verbs shall and will………………………………….17
1.2.5. The modal verbs need and dare…………………………………20
1.2.6. The modal verbs to have to, to be to, to have got to…………….22
CHAPTER II. THE ANALYSIS OF MODAL VERBS IN THE BOOK “THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE” BY DANIEL DEFOE……………………………………………………………………………25
CONCLUSIONS………………………………………………………………….34
REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………35
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2. We have described the most common forms and functions of modal verbs. They are the following: can(could, be able) expresses physical and mental ability or capacity, possibility, permission, prohibition, request, strong doubt, improbability, incredulity, surprise, reproach, purpose; may(might) expresses permission, possibility of the fact, prohibition, supposition, uncertainty, reproach; must expresses immediate obligation or necessity, prohibition, command, an urgent request, invitations, emphatic advice, probability, near certainty; should and ought express moral obligation, moral duty, advice, desirability, probability; shall and will express promise, oath, or strong intention, threat or warning, suggestion or offer, willingness, intention, determination, a polite request or an offer, a command, insistence, resistence, inevitability, characteristic behaviour, quality, or something naturally expected and prediction; need expresses necessity; dare expresses courage or independence to do something; to have to expresses obligation or necessity arising out of circumstances, past necessity or obligation, absence of necessity, a future obligation; to be to expresses an obligation arising out of an arrangement or plan, a strict order or an instruction, strict prohibition.
3. We supported our investigation with the material demonstrating the forms and functions of modal verbs in the book “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe. Our research has shown that in the most cases the modal verbs can(could), may(might), must. Should and shall are also frequently used. The author doesn’t often use the modal verb ought. We have also found not a big number of sentences with need[look at add. A].
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ADDENDUM A.