Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Modal verbs
- It's a type of auxiliary verb that
expresses:
- possibility
- necessity
- obligation
- NEED TO
- obligation
- you need to study a lot
- lack of obligation
- you needn't have a university
degree
- structure
- SUBJECT
- I, she, he, it, we, they, you,
- LAURA MILENA PINZÓN TUTA
- MODAL VERB
- must, can, should, may,
should
- MAIN VERB
- do, be, prepare...)
- RULES
- Most of modal verbs
can't be used in
past/future tense
- In third person present
tense modals
don't have -s ending
- Use "not" to
make modals
negative
- CAN
- ability
- he can
find any Street in London
- asking for
permission
- can I go
there?
- request
- can you help
me?
- COULD
- permission
- could I borrow your
pen?
- request
- could you say it again
more slowly?
- posibbility
- we could have another
chance
- future
- I wish I could meet
her next week
- ability
- he could play the piano
when he was 6
- MAY
- posibbility
- it may be quicker to
travel by train
- permission
- may I come in?
- MIGHT
- possibility
- it might to be
quicker to travel
by train
- MUST
- obligation
- you must be back
at 10 o'clock
- certainty that
something is true
- look at the snow. It
must be coul outside
- prohibition
- you mustn't drive
without a license
- HAVE TO
- obligation
- you have to be back
at 10 0'clock
- lack of obligation
- you don't have to
call a taxi
- SHOULD
- opinión/advice
- you should drive
more carefully
- OUGH TO
- opinión/advice
- she ought to
finish by next
week