An Evaluation of Modal Verbs Teacher-Trainees Used in Writing Long Essays and Assignments

Table 2.

Substitution ofmodal verbs in students’ assignments (ASS)

Kinds of modal verbs Total Freq. Substitution

Can 71 4
Could 34 1
Will 169 7
Would 148 1
May 16 3
Should 15 5
Shall 3 2
To be able/to 39 1
Have to 9 1

Total 504 25