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MODAL VERBS - Coggle Diagram
MODAL VERBS
Can, could, would, should
We use this verbs to be able to ask formally, to express ability and posibilitys.
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Must, have to
This modal verbs will help you to talk about obligations and responsibilities at work, at school, with your friends or relatives.
Have to: It´s used to talk about obligations and responsibilities; comes from the outside, this means that someone else requires this and it is a necessity.
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Must: It´s used to talk about obligations and responsibilities, comes from the speaker. Is a personal duty that you or a person feels necessary to do it because it is a logical assumption. It´s only used in present and future
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Should, Ought to
Are used to express advice, suggestion, obligation, duty, compromise and need. These are very important structures used in our everyday conversations.
Should: We use should or shouldn’t to give an opinion about what the best thing to do is. When we speak to another person our opinion becomes advice.
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Ought: We use ought to and ought not to in the same way as should and shouldn’t. Ought to is not as common as should and it is a little more formal.
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