verbos en ingles
MODAL VERBS
Los Verbos Modales
MODAL
EXAMPLES
USES
CAN
He can find any street in London.
You can take a taxi.
Can you take me toVictoria Station?
Ability
Suggestion
Request
BE ABLE TO
He is able to find any street in London.
Ability
That story can´t be true.
Certainty that something is
impossible
COULD
Icould play tennis when I was younger.
Could you take me to Victoria Station?.
You could take a taxi.
Ability
Request
Suggestion
MAY
It may be quicker to travel by train.
May I come in?.Possibility
Formal request
MIGHT
It might be quicker to travel by train.
Possibility
MUST
You must be back at 10 o´clock.
Look at the snow. It must be cold outside.
ObligationCertainty that something is true
HAVE TO
You have to be back at 10 o´clock.
Obligation
NEED TO
You need to study a lot.
Obligation
NEEDN´T
You needn´t have a university degree.Lack of obligation
MUSTN´T
You mustn´t drive without a licence.
Prohibition
DON´T HAVE TO
You don´t have to call a taxi.
Lack of obligation
SHOULD
You should drive morecarefully
Opinion / Advice
OUGHT TO
You ought to drive more carefully
Opinion / Advice
CAN´T
CARACTERÍSTICAS DE ESTOS VERBOS:
No llevan -s en la tercera persona del singular del presentesimple.
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 las características propias de los verbos modales.
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ENGLISHDEPARTMENT / IES FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO
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”.
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