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Modal Verbs
CAN/ CAN´T/ BE ABLE TO
Use for the present
Can´t
used to talk about disabilities
Be able to
is used to express that you can do it
Use verb to be
Is
He/ She/ It
Are
They/ You/ We
Am
I
Can
a modal auxiliary verb
We use can to:
talk about possibility
Is an auxiliary verb
Express:
Ability
Inability
Example
Can´t:
My sister can´t speak french
Be able to:
My sister is able to speak english
Can:
My sister can speak english
MODAL VERBS
are different from:
Regular verbs
Used for different functions
COULD/ COULDN´T/ BE ABLE TO
Use for Simple Past
Couldn´t
Inability in the past
Be able to
Ability to perform in the past
Use verb to be
Was
Singular
Were
Plural
Could
Hability in the past
Express
Hability
In the past
Inhability
Example:
Couldn´t
I couldn´t swim
Be able to
i was able to swim
Could
I could swim when I was ten.
BE ABLE TO
Use:
Past
Verb to be
Was/were
Future
Verb to be
Will be
Universal
Present
verb to be
II, is, are
Example:
Future:
Angel will be able to go to school
Present
Erick can cook a cake
Past
Enrique was able to swim in the sea
Laura Lariza Gil Hernández 9 LGNP G1
