Would should could modal verbs?
Score: 4.3/5 (52 votes) "Should" and "would" are two of the 10 modal verbs in English (the others are "can," "could," "may," "might," "must," "ought," "shall," and "will"). ... "Would" is the past tense of the modal verb "will." Used as an auxiliary, "would" expresses a possibility, an intention, a ...