Modal verbsMAYTE GARRIDO

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MODAL VERBS LIST• TO BE ABLE TO: (SER CAPAZ DE)

• CAN/ CANNOT (CAN'T) :PODER/ NO PODER

• MAY/ MAY NOT (MAYN'T): PODER/ NO PODER

• MIGHT/ MIGHT NOT (MAIGHTN'T): NO PODER

• HAVE TO (HAS TO) DON'T HAVE TO: TENER QUE/ NO TENER QUE

• NEED/ NEEDN'T: NECESITAR /NO HACER FALTA

• MUST: DEBER

• MUSN'T: PROHIBIR

• DARE/ DAREN'T: ATREVERSE

• SHOULD/ SHOULDN'T: "DEBERÍA"/ "NO DEBERÍA"

• COULD/ COULDN'T: NO PODÍA / NO PODRÍA

• OUGHT TO / OUGHT NOT (OUGHTN'T): "DEBERÍA"/ "NO DEBERÍA (FORMAL )

• BE ALLOWED TO/ NOT BE ALLOWED TO: PERMITIRSE ALGO A ALGUIEN

What is a modal verb?

• A modal verb is a helping verb. A modal verb is used with another verb to express ability, obligation, permission or need. Modal verbs are unlike other verbs:

• 1. Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third person.

• 2. You use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past.

Possibility or ProbabilityPresent & Future

• He must be Christiano Ronaldo (90%sure)

• He could be Christiano Ronaldo (70% sure)

• He may be CR7 (50% sure)

• He can be CR7 ( 50% sure)

• He might be CR7 (35% sure)

• He can't be CR7 (5%-1%sure)

Possibility or ProbabilityPast

• He must have been Casillas

• He must not have been Iker

• He may have been Casillas

• He may not have been Iker

• He might have been Casillas

• He might not have been Iker

• He could not be Casillas

AbilityPresent & Future Past

• TO BE ABLE TO

• AM /IS/ARE ABLE TO (PRESENT)

• I AM ABLE TO SHOOT LIKE THIS

• WAS/WERE ABLE TO (PAST)

• I WAS ABLE TO DANCE

• WILL BE ABLE TO (FUTURE)

• I'LL BE ABLE TO KICK THE BALL

• CAN / CAN'T (PRESENT& FUTURE)

• I CAN PLAY FOOTBALL

• COULD / COULDN'T (PAST)

• I COULDN'T GET SO HIGH WHEN I WAS 6

Prohibition

• MUSN'T

• YOU MUSN'T USE THE VIOLENCE

• NOT BE ALLOWED TO

• YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO MAKE PENALTY

• YOU WON'T BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

Obligation & Advice• HAVE TO/ HAS TO

• I HAVE TO GO NOW

• HE HAS TO BE CAUTIOUS

• DO NOT HAVE TO/ DOES NOT HAVE TO

• He doesn't have to come back

• MUST

• He must wear a red t-shirt and red shorts.

• SHOULD/ SHOULDN'T

• You should stop smoking.

• You shouldn't eat so many sweets.

Permission• COULD

• Could I visit my family?

• MAY

• May I go to the toilet, please?

• CAN

• Can you help me, please?

• BE ALLOWED TO

• Am I allowed to go?

SEMIMODALSDare, Need and Ought to• They can take the auxiliary do for negative and

interrogative or not

• DARE (ATREVERSE)

• We daren't (dare not) remain here

• I dare say....

• I didn't dare to approach him

• NEED (NECESITAR, NO HACER FALTA)

• You need to buy these items

• You needn't + infinitive

• She doesn't need to + infinitive+

• OUGHT TO ("DEBERÍA" CONSEJO FUERTE)

• He ought to go to prison now

You can do it now

• http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal1.htm

• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2229

• http://www.xtec.cat/~ogodoy/sac/rephrasing/rephrexercises.htm

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