MODAL VERBS

MODAL VERBS

1. Should - Shouldn't

   • Should: Se usa para dar o pedir consejos y para decir lo que deberías o no hacer.
     • You should call your parents.
   • Shouldn't: Se usa para decir lo que no deberías hacer.
     • They shouldn't send some many text mesagges.

2. Have to - Don't have to

   • Have to: Expresa como "must", la obligación o necesidad de hacer algo.
     • You have to send her an e-mail right now.
   • Don't have to: Significa "no tener que/por qué"
     • She doesn't have to go.

3. Must - Musn't

   • Must: Expresa obligación y la necesidad o conveniencia de hacer algo, y significa "deber".
     • I must turn off my phone.
   • Musn't: Expresa prohibición , que algo no está permitido , y también que algo no se debe hacer.
     • They musn't use their laptops here.

4. Can - Can't

   • Can: Expresa habilidad o capacidad para hacer algo.
     • Lisa can swin very well
   • Can't: Significado contrario a can.
     • lisa can't swin very well

5. Could - Couldn't

   • Could: Expresa habilidad y posibilidad en el pasado y también se puede usar para pedir permiso o favores de forma mas correpta que dcon "can"
     • Robert could talk when he was one year old.
   • Couldn't: Forma negativa de could significa lo contrario a él.
     • They couldn't come to my party last year.

6. semi modals

   • need - needn't
     • Need: Expresa necesidad.
       • I need help.
     • Needn't: Expresa algo que no es necesario.
       • You needn't go.
   • ought to-oughtn't to
     • Ought to: Tiene significado parecido a "should".
       • You ought to pay him back shortly.
     • Oughtn't to: Tiene significado parecido a " shouldn't".
       • She shouldn't speak so loudly
   • dare-daren't
     • Dare: Significa " atreverse"
       • I dare say.
     • Daren't: Significa " no atreverser a algo"
       • I daren't tell him.