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MODAL VERBS (ABILITY (Could (Translation: Podía, Form: Subject + could +…

- - - - Example: Students can use the gym for free.
  - - - Form: Ask for permission: May + Subject + infinitive
        Give permission: Subject+ May + infinitive
      - Translate: Poder hacer algo
      - Example: "May I play videogames?"
        "Yes, you may play computer games"
- - - - Traslantion: necesitar algo.
      - Example: I need to hire a photographer for my wedding
      - Form : - Affirmative: Subject + need/needs to + verb
        -Interrogative: Do/Does + Subject + need to + verb
        
        Negative: look at "lack of obligation"
- - - - Use: to give permission about not doing a thing in a future.
      - Form: Subject+ Don't /Doesn't need to + verb
      - Translation: No es necesario
      - Example: I don't need to go to the gym today becouse it's locked
- - - - Affirmative: You should find another job.
      - Negative: He shouldn't talk while he's eating.
      - Question: Should I open the window?
  - - - Affirmative: SUBJET + OUGHT TO + INFINITIVE + ….
        
        We ought to do more exercise. Ought to cannot be used with another modal verb: Medicine ought to be free.
      - Negative:SUBJET + OUGHT NOT + INFINITIVE + ….
        
        We don’t use don’t, doesn’t, didn’t with ought to:
        We ought not to have ordered so much food.
        You oughtn’t to have said that about his mother.
      - Questions OUGHT + SUBJET + TO + INFINITIVE + …..
        
        We don’t use do, does, did: Ought she to call the police? Ought we to be more worried about the environment?
    - - USE: We use ought to when talking about things which are desired , probable or ideal:
      - Ought to and should are similar in meaning "DEBERIA". Should is more common than ought to. Ought to is more formal than should: