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Publicado: 22 de abril de 2012
Modal verbs have special characteristics:
• they are followed by bare infinitive (infinitive without to);
• no –s on the 3rd person singular;
• no–ing form;
• no auxiliaries in the interrogative and negative forms.
|Modal Verb |Function|Substituing verb |
|Can |Could |ability - John can speak English, but he can't speak Spanish. |To be able to |
|| |ability (in the past) - My mother could swim when she was younger. |To be capable of |
| | |possibility - I can learnEnglish. |To be (im)possible to |
| | |permission - Can I smoke in the room?|To be allowed to |
| | |offer - Can I help you, madam? ||
| | |request - Could you bring me a cup of tea, please? | |
|May |Might |permission(politeness) - May I open the window, please? |To be allowed to |
| | |possibility - The chauffeur may be in the car.|To be likely to |
| | |Susan may not come tomorrow. |To be probableto |
| | |You might participate in the contest. |Perhaps… will |
| |...
• they are followed by bare infinitive (infinitive without to);
• no –s on the 3rd person singular;
• no–ing form;
• no auxiliaries in the interrogative and negative forms.
|Modal Verb |Function|Substituing verb |
|Can |Could |ability - John can speak English, but he can't speak Spanish. |To be able to |
|| |ability (in the past) - My mother could swim when she was younger. |To be capable of |
| | |possibility - I can learnEnglish. |To be (im)possible to |
| | |permission - Can I smoke in the room?|To be allowed to |
| | |offer - Can I help you, madam? ||
| | |request - Could you bring me a cup of tea, please? | |
|May |Might |permission(politeness) - May I open the window, please? |To be allowed to |
| | |possibility - The chauffeur may be in the car.|To be likely to |
| | |Susan may not come tomorrow. |To be probableto |
| | |You might participate in the contest. |Perhaps… will |
| |...
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