Modal verbs - Inglés
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MODAL VERBS
- ABILITY.
- Present:
CAN / BE ABLE TO
Ex:
I can drive my car
I’m able to learn English.
- Past:
COULD / BE ABLE TO
Ex:
I could go to the University in NY.
I was able to swim in a river.
I could buy everything in the cyber Monday.
- POSSIBILITY.
- When something is possible in present:
COULD / MAY or MIGHT (formal)
Ex:
We could go out tonight.
It might rain tonight.
- A possibility in the past:
COULD HAVE / MIGHT HAVE (formal) or MAY HAVE
Ex:
We could have (could’ve) gone out last night.
You might have (might’ve) lost the last bus.
- IMPOSSIBILITY.
- Present:
CAN’T
Ex:
You can’t (cannot) drink alcohol while you’re (you are) driving
- Past:
COULDN’T HAVE / CAN’T HAVE
Ex:
You couldn’t have had so much luck.
You can’t have seen her.
- CERTAITLY.
- When we are certain about something:
MUST
Ex:
You must be tired / exhausted / destroyed.
- Past:
MUST HAVE
Ex:
They must have been worried about you.
You must have been tired because you work a lot.
- OBLIGATION.
- Present:
MUST / HAVE TO
- Past:
HAD TO
Ex:
You must take a shower every day.
You mustn’t skip class.
You must study for the test.
David must go to the office twice a week.
You have to be in the presentation.
You have to be on time.
You have to breathe to stay alive.
You had to tell the truth.
I had to work for Christmas.
- NO OBLIGATION / UNNECESSARY.
- Present:
DON’T HAVE TO / DON’T NEED TO / NEEDN’T
Ex:
You don’t have to work so hard.
You don’t have to come if you don’t want to.
You don’t need to spend all your money in a week.
They needn’t more explanation about this topic.
- Past:
DIDN’T NEED TO / NEEDN’T HAVE
Ex:
You didn’t need to buy another bicycle.
You don’t needn’t have done it.
- PERMISSION.
- When something is allow.
- Present:
CAN / MAY
Ex:
May I ask you a question?
You may work your dog on this area?
- Past:
COULD
Ex:
When I was younger, I could climb a mountain.
When I was a child, I could play all day long.
- When something is not allow.
- Present:
CAN’T / MUSTN’T
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