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My overview about the content of this unit is that a Modal is a type of Auxiliary or helping verb that is used to express; ability, possibility, permission or obligation. Modal phrases(or semi modals) are used to express the same things as modals, but are a combination of auxiliary verbs and the preposition to. The Modals and semi-modals in English are: Can/could/be able to, May/might, Shall/should, Must/have to, Will/would.
In the active voice, the subject of the sentence does the action. In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon. The passive voice is formed by a form of the verb 'to be' + past participle of the main verb. The verb 'to be' can be conjugated in various tenses. You can use modal verb + be + past participle(for things in the present/future)-Ex) Something should be done about this problem. You can use a modal verb + have been + past participle(for things in the past)-Ex) Somethings should have been done about this problem a long time ago. The passive voice is used when the person who did the action is unknown, obvious/unimportant, "people in general," or less important than the object. We can include 'by...(the doer)" if we know who did the action and want to mention it because it is somewhat important, we can't use the passive voice with intransitive verbs and some state verbs. We can use the passive voice with transitive phrasal verbs.
