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MODAL VERBS

FULL MODAL VERBS

SEMI MODAL VERBS

USES

ABILITY

PERMISSION

ADVICE

OBLIGATION

PROHIBITION

NECESSITY

Could

Will be able to

Can

Mustn't

Can't

Be allowed to

Be able to

Can, May, Might, Could

Should

Ought to

Must

Have to

Need to

Don't have to

Can - Could - Must - Should - May - Might

Auxiliary verbs (they don't need the verbs for the negative, affiramtive and questions).

We don't have to add the word "to" after the full modal verb.

Invariable

Express an idea (ability, permission, advice...)

Have to - Ought to - Be able to - be allowed to

PRESENT

PAST

P. SIMPLE

P. PERFECT SIMPLE

P. CONTINUOUS

P. PERFECT CONTINUOUS

CONTINUOUS

PERFECT SIMPLE

SIMPLE

To talk about a completed action in the past.

To talk about an action that was in progress at a particular time in the past.

To show the relationship between two past actions.

He mustn't use the mobile phone.

You can't speak in a library.

I can cook a cheesecake.

I could swim in the swiming pool.

I will be able to speak Spanish.

You should revise for the exam

You ought to read every day.

You must come to the school.

He has to clean the bedroom.

The doctor needs to take care with the operation.

You don't have to shout, I can hear you.

I visited my grandfather last week

He was playing basketball.

I had seen her dog few minutes ago

He could watch the TV.

I'm allowed to play video games.

He is able to eat some chocolate.

We use present perfect for actions or situations wich are unfinished.

Situations or actions that are being performed at that moment

Verb tense indicated when you want to make known actions or permanent states.

Actions that began in the past and continue in the present moment

I read a book.

I'm reading a magazine

I have visited Barcelona a lot of times

VOCABULARY

VERBS TECHNOLOGY

Press (pressionar)

Scroll (lliscar cap avall)

Plug in (endollar)

Stream (video per internet)

Message (missatge)

Swipe (canviar de pantalla)

Download (descarregar)

Switch on (encendre)

Tap (clicar)

Charge (carregar)

Browse (navegar)

Update (actualitzar)

PHARSAL VERBS

Miss out (perdre's)

pick up (pillar)

Join in (apuntar-se)

Take on (assumir)

Come along (venir)

Take up (començar des de zero)

Try out (probar)

Work out (fer exercici)

CHARITY AND CAMPAIGN ACTIONS

Donation (donació)

Fundraise (recaptació de fons)

Charity (caritat)

Publicize (publicar)

Sponsor (patrocinador)

ADJECTIVES OPINIONS

Dull (aburrit)

Entertaining (entretingut)

Hilarious (hilarant)

Original (original)

Realistic (real)

Terrifying (aterrador)

PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Expresses an action that was occurring when it was interrupted by another.

She has been playing all the morning.

I have been runinng every morning this week