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

Table 4.

Insertion ofmodal verbs in students’ assignments

Kinds of modal verbs Total Freq. Insertion

Can 71 5
Could 34 1
Will 169 24
May 16 1
Should 15 1
Must 2 1
To be able/to 39 9
Want to 46 1
Have to 1 0

Total 504 43