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MODAL VERBS BY Alonso Huertas (CAN (EXAMPLES (CAN HE SWIM?, YES, HE CAN,…
MODAL VERBS BY Alonso Huertas
CAN
PRESENT ABILITY
EXAMPLES
CAN HE SWIM?
YES, HE CAN
NO, HE CAN´T
COULD (1)
PAST ABILITY
EXAMPLES
COULD HE SWIM?
YES, HE COULD
NO, HE COULDN´T
COULD (2)
POLITE REQUEST
EXAMPLE
COULD YOU PASS ME THE SUGAR?
YES, OF COURSE
MAY
POLITE REQUEST
EXAMPLES
MAY I USE THE BATHROOM?
YES, YOU MAY
NO, YOU MAY NOT
MUST
NECESSITY
"HAVE TO"
EXAMPLES
WE MUST GO NOW
MUSTN´T
MUS NOT
EXAMPLES
YOU MUSTN´T TELL LIES
NEEDN´T
NEED NOT
EXAMPLE
WE HAVE MILK, YOU NEEDN´T BUY ANY
WOULD
POLITE REQUEST
EXAMPLES
WOULD YOU HOLD THIS FOR ME?
YES, OF COURSE
BE ABLE TO
PRESENT ABILITY
EXAMPLE
MARY WAS ABLE YO FINISH THE RACE
CAN´T
INABILITY/PROHIBITION
EXAMPLES
SHE CAN´T PLAY SQUASH
THE CAN´T USE HI-TECH EQUIPMENT
MIGHT
POSSIBILITY
EXAMPLE
I MIGHT COMPETE THIS YEAR
SHOULD/OUGHT TO
ADVICE, OPINION
EXAMPLE
YOU SHOULD/OUGHT TO GET UP EARLY TO TRAIN
HAVE TO
NECESSITY, OBLIGATION
EXAMPLE
WE HAVE TO WIN TOMORROW´S MATCH
DON´T HAVE TO
LACK OF OBLIGATION/ NECESSITY
EXAMPLE
HE DOESN´T HAVE TO TAKE TENNIS LESSONS THIS YEAR