modal verbs

modal verbs

1. CAN

   • the verb "can" is a modal verb that something is possible (possibility) or that someone is capable of doing something ( ability). This verb is always used accompanied by a main verb in its infinitive form. In modal verbs the third person singular does not add the "s" that other english verbs incorporate.
     • STRUCTURE
       • Afirmative: subject + can + verb always in infinitive
         • Negative: subject + cannot (can't) + main verb in infinitive always
           • Question: can + verb always in infinitive?
     • EXAMPLES
       • Afirmative: He can lend us the money which wee need
       • Negative: She can not be back by noon
       • Interrogative: Can you dance?

2. COULD

   • Its is used an an auxiliary to express a skill that was possessed in a time previous to the one that is happening, as well as to expose a possibility but in a more indirect way than the "can" and finally, it is very useful to ask for permission or other things
     • Afirmative: pronoun/ subject + could + base form of main verb + complement.
       • Negative: Pronoun/ subject + couldn't + base form of main verb + complement
         • Interrogative: Could + pronoun/subject + Base form of main verb + complement
     • STRUCTURE
     • EXAMPLES
       • Afirmative: Luis could play the guitar when he was young
         • Negative: we couldn't write them a letter
           • Interrogative: Could he lend us the money whitch we need?

3. MIGHT

   • The auxiliar varb might is used to express possibility. specifically for something that could happen in the present or future. a good translation into spanish would be " maybe" or "maybe"
     • STRUCTURE
       • ESTRUCTURE
         • Afirmative: Subject + Might +verb in base from + complement
           • Negative: Subject + Might + Not + verb in base in base form + complement
             • Interrogative: Might + subject + verb in base form + complement
     • EXAMPLE:
       • Afirmative: you might learn at least five new words every day
         • Negative: she might not take the children with her to Houston
           • Interrogative: Might she be back by noon?

4. Will

   • Will is the future in English that allows you to express spontaneous decisions about future actions, predictions or future events taht cannon be altered.
     • EXAMPLES:
       • Afirmative: We will be old friends
         • Negative: She will not read the news paper tomorrow
           • Interrogative: Will he be your husband?
     • ESTRUCTURE
       • Afirmative: subject + Will +Mail verb
         • Negative: Subject + Will + Not + Main Verb
           • Interrogative: Will +Subject + Main verb

5. WOULD

   • Would is an auxiliary, taht is, by itself it does not have a complete meaning: it needs another verb to make sense in a sentence.
     • EXAMPLES:
       • Afirmative: She would reather read the newspaper in the afternoon than in the morning
         • Negative: we wouldn't go there
           • Interrogative: Would you like to go?
     • ESTRUCTURE
       • Afirmative: Subject + Would + rest of sentence
         • Negative: Subject + wouldn't + rest of sentence
           • Interrogative: Would + subject + verb + remainder of the sentence

6. SHOULD

   • it is modal verb and, as we have seen here, these verbs have special characteristics
     • ESTRUCTURE:
       • Afirmative: Subject + should + verb in infinitive without to +complement
         • Negative: Subject + should + not + verb in infinitive without to + complement
           • Interrogative: should +subject + verb in infinitive without to + complement + ?
     • EXAMPLES
       • Afirmative: She should return later
         • Negative: She shouldn't invest in gold
           • Interrogative: Should she be back by noon

7. May

   • It is used in afirmative or negative sentences, always followed by an infinitive verb to express probability in the future, and at the beginning of the questions to ask permission with a certain education
     • EXAMPLES:
       • Afirmative: She may take the children with her to Houston
         • Negative: You may not call her tomorrow
           • Interrogative: May you wait in his office
     • ESTRUCTURE
       • AFIRMATIVE: Subject + may + verb
         • Negative: Subject + may + not + verb (no mayn't does not exist)
           • Interrogative: May + subject + verb +?