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MODAL VERBS - Coggle Diagram
MODAL VERBS
Can /can't
Posibillity
Can you help me with the homework?
Permission
Can I borrow a pen?
Ability
I can play soccer.
Need to
Necessity / obligation
I need to drink water.
Don't need to
I don't need to drink water.
Might
Possibilty
I might go to Germany tomorrow.
More flexible than may
Could / couldn't
Past tense of can. It expresses something that already happenend or for expressing an alternative.
Ability
I couldn't play soccer.
Permission
Could I go to the toilet please?
Possibility
Could you do the dishes?
Must / mustn't
Present and future reference
Obligation
You must do the homework!
Give orders
You must do the dishes right now!
Advice
You mustn't go this way.
May
A formal variation of the verb can
Permission
May I play with my friends?
Possibility
He may be sad right now.
Be able to
It is often used like can and could
Ability
I'm able to speak german.
Have to / don't have to
Past form of have to
2 uses
main verb: it has a meaning by itself and it's the acting verb of the sentence.
Auxiliary verb
Obligation
You have to do the homework.
Necessity
I have to go to the toilet.
I don't have to go to the toilet.
Should
Recommendation or advice
You should study for the exam.