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THE USE OF THE MODAL VERB CAN IN TEFL 
 
Lela Ivanovska, MA 
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, Bitola, Macedonia
 
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Abstract 
A modal verb is a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality. Auxiliary verbs are 
as their name suggests, helping verbs, help complete the form and meaning of main verbs.They 
are called modal because they express the mood of verbs. They do not make up a verb phrase 
on their own, but must usually be accompanied by a following main verb. Modality is a 
linquistic phenomenon, which allows one to make a judgement about situations that need not 
be real. To understand the phenomenon thoroughly, certain auxiliary verbs which express 
modality need to be studied.
The aim of the paper is to present modality of the modal verb can and its meanings. The
analysis will be based on epistemic and deontic modality and the most frequent and common 
meanings, namely possibility, ability and permission.