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Modals in the second conditional

ability
conditionals
modals
permission
possibility
request
BE TO
COULD
MIGHT
WOULD

Main clause

We can use modals other than would in the main clause of a sentence in the second conditional:

Modals in the third conditional

ability
conditionals
modals
possibility
BE TO
COULD
MIGHT

Main clause

We can use modals other than would in the main clause of a sentence in the third conditional:

If I had had the right tools, I could have fixed my bike. (ability)
If the weather had been worse, they might not have reached the top. (possibility)

Modals to express possibility: MAY, MIGHT, CAN, COULD

certainty
modals
possibility
BE LIKELY TO/THAT
CAN
COULD
MAY
MIGHT

Present and future

May and might + infinitive are used to express present or future possibility. May expresses a greater degree of certainty: