Topic: Verb tenses and modal Verb. Teacher name: Julio Blanco. Student name: Endi Vannesa Aragon Alvarado.
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Verb tenses are tools that English speakers use to express time in their language.
The present is used for facts, feelings, and routines. Example: I walk to school. (This is my habit. I walk to school every day.) I go to supermarket all Sunday. ď‚ž
The action is either incomplete or the time point is irrelevant. example, I have been to Paris. It is not important when I went to Paris, but it is a fact that I have been there.) I have walked to school. (I have walked to school since I moved to this neighborhood meaning, I have done this up to now and will continue to do it.)
Usually when someone uses this tense, they are either looking for a change in the situation or emphasizing the fact that they have been doing a process for a long time.
I have been walking to school. (I have been walking to school every day this week because my bike still isn't fixed!)
The simple past is used when there is a time point. I walked to school. (This morning I walked to school. I may not do it every day, but that is what I did today.) This is when you need to express a completed action in the past before another action in the past. I had walked to school. (I had walked to school before I realized I left my homework on the kitchen table.)
This tense usually shows a change in an activity or process. I had been walking to school. (I had been walking to school before I got my first car.)
The will future is most often used for decisions made in the moment, and most often spoken in its short form, I'll. When used in the long form, the decision is stronger and usually has a sense of determination in it. For example, I will quit smoking.
This tense is most often used when talking about a plan. Native speakers may mix up this tense with the will future, though they tend to use 'will' for plans that are not set in stone, and 'going to' for more solid plans.
I am going to walk to university tomorrow. (It is my plan to walk to university tomorrow.)
The tenses below are less common, but students still need to understand them. Past progressive: There is usually an interrupted action in the simple past with this tense: I was walking to school when I met a bully. Future progressive: This tense visualizes what will happen in the future. It is more than a prediction, because it is usually based on probable events: I will be walking into the office in just a half hour.
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Future perfect: This tense is used when imagining a completed task in the future. It is usually followed with a time point reference: I will have walked 20 miles by the time I return to the city.
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Future perfect progressive: present perfect progressive, this tense expresses an action happening for a period of time up until another action:
- I will have been walking for almost 2 hours before my dog tires.
MODAL VERB The modal verbs include can, must, may, might, will, would, should. They are used with other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on.
CAN. to express ability
Affirmative. I can speak a little Russian. Negative. You can not dance ballet. Interrogative. Can Mary cook cookies?.
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Also to request permission
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Can I open the window?
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to express possibility I may be home late. to request permission May I sit down, please?
to express obligation I must go now. ď‚ž to express strong belief She must be over 90 years old. Negative. You must not talk to strangers. Interrogative. Must we do everything today? ď‚ž
to give advice You should stop smoking. Negative. You should not say that. Interrogative. Should I write Maggie a letter? Should + have ď‚ž
Charlie should have consulted me.
to request or offer Would you like a cup of tea? ď‚ž would in if-sentences If I were you, I would say sorry. also serves as the past form of the modal verb "will." Additionally, "would" can indicate repetition in the past. Also opinion, hope and wish. ď‚ž
Modal verbs are unlike other verbs. They do not change their form (spelling) and they have no infinitive or participle (past/present). The modals must and can need substitute verbs to express obligation or ability in the different tenses. Example: Past simple, I couldn't/wasn't able to walk until I was 3 years old. ď‚ž
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Modals are auxiliary verbs. They do not need an additional auxiliary in negatives or questions.
For example: Must I come? (Do I must come?), or: He shouldn't smoke (He doesn't should smoke).
All modal verbs must be followed by a main verb in the base form except for ought which is followed by an infinitive. ď‚ž ought is equal to 'should' and expresses a weak obligation. - I ought to. ď‚ž
it is most commonly used to express possibility. It is also often used in conditional sentences. English speakers can also use "might" to make suggestions or requests, although this is less common in American English. Examples: Your purse might be in the living room. (possibility) If I didn't have to work, I might go with you. (Conditional) You might visit the botanical gardens during your visit. (suggestion) Might I borrow your pen? (request). ď‚ž
it is used with promises or voluntary actions that take place in the future. "Will" can also be used to make predictions about the future. Examples: I promise that I will write you every single day. (promise) I will make dinner tonight. (voluntary action) He thinks it will rain tomorrow. (Prediction). ď‚ž
The verb 'Could' Expresses unlikely or conditionality. It means you could, you could, could, could according to the context: if I Could I Could dance practice.
Could is used to express ability in the past tense.
Could is used to make formal requests.
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Could is used to formally (in a formal way) ask for permission.
Could I take your coat?