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Modal Verbs and Talking on the Phone - February 22, 2022

Everyday Grammar - VOA Learning English

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Motal Verbs and Phone Calls

We use motal verbs to help change the meaning of other verbs. Three motal verbs are especially useful when describing or making phone calls. We describe english verbs in terms of three ideas, tense, aspect and modality. Consider a time that you answered the phone or made a phone call. What kinds of words did you use? What kinds of grammatical structures were important? In to day's report, we will explore a point of grammar connected to phone calls. You will learn about some uses of motal verbs.

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