Ingles

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT / IES FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO

MODAL VERBS Los Verbos Modales
MODAL CAN BE ABLE TO CAN´T EXAMPLES
He can find any street in London. You can take a taxi. Can you take me to VictoriaStation? He is able to find any street in London. That story can´t be true. I could play tennis when I was younger. Could you take me to Victoria Station?. You could take a taxi. It may be quicker totravel by train. May I come in?. It might be quicker to travel by train. You must be back at 10 o´clock. Look at the snow. It must be cold outside. You have to be back at 10 o´clock. You need to studya lot. You needn´t have a university degree. You mustn´t drive without a licence. You don´t have to call a taxi. You should drive more carefully You ought to drive more carefully Ability SuggestionRequest Ability Certainty that something is impossible Ability Request Suggestion Possibility Formal request Possibility Obligation Certainty that something is true Obligation Obligation Lack ofobligation Prohibition Lack of obligation Opinion / Advice Opinion / Advice

USES

COULD

MAY MIGHT MUST HAVE TO NEED TO NEEDN´T MUSTN´T DON´T HAVE TO SHOULD OUGHT TO

CARACTERÍSTICAS DE ESTOSVERBOS:
No llevan -s en la tercera persona del singular del presente simple. No necesitan -do o -does para formar la negativa ni la interrogativa. Nunca llevan infinitivo con to detrás, excepto be able to,need to, have to y ought to.. No tienen infinitivo, participio ni tiempos compuestos. NOTA: Los verbos have to y need to también se consideran “verbos semimodales” porque no cumplen todas lascaracterísticas propias de los verbos modales.

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CAN / BE ABLE TO
CAN se auxilia de be able to en los tiempos de que carece, y tiene muchos usos: a)Para expresar habilidad o capacidad: “saber”, “poder”. b) Con acciones que empiezan en el pasado pero todavía tienen continuidad en el presente. c) Para hacer peticiones, dar y pedir permiso de manera...