Robert
Pip
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Modal verbs

A helper, not a verb

A modal sits in front of a bare verb. No to, no -s.

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Robert's garden tap is dripping. Pip came to fix it, and every plan he names starts with a little helper — can, must, should.

No to after the modal

A modal sits in front of a bare verb. No to.

I can fix this tap.
You must shut the water.
She should call them.
I can to fix this tap.

No -s, no didn't can

The modal does not take -s. And it does not take did.

He can fix it.
He cans fix it.
I could not stop it.
I didn't can stop it.