Modal Auxiliaries

What's the past tense of "must"? Why aren't "may" and "can" conjugated differently for different subjects the way other verbs are? Why is there no "to" in "He should go" when there is a "to" in "He wants to go"? Modal auxiliary verbs have unique properties that make them both useful and interesting.

 

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