Name: Karen Yamileth Morales Lemus 31371320111
Topy: modals verbs
Modals verbs
Can: The modal can, like the Spanish verb power, indicates a possibility or capability. Examples: Tom can help you. Wild animals can be dangerous. Eating out can be costly.
Example: In questions, can be used to apply for permission to do Can I help you? Can Mike have dinner with us? Who can answer the next question? When can we get back the results?
Could: The modal could indicates possibility or ability in the past.
Example: I could have told you that. It could have been a disaster. When I was young, I could run very fast.
Example: In the yes-no questions, could speculates about possibilities in the present or the future. Could she be the murderer? Could this be a mistake? Could indicate an option.
May: Manners are synonymous and may indicate an action that can happen in the future.
Example: I may go to the park, or I may stay home. This may be a bad idea. It may rain tonight.
Example: It may be replaced with can to give instructions or permission. You may now board the airplane. You may begin the exam in ten minutes.
Might: Manners and stands might indicate an action that can happen in the future. Example:
You may might now board the airplane. You may might begin the exam in ten minutes.
Example:
Might I see your driver's license? Might we have some more water, please?
Must: The modal must indicates obligation.
Example: You must see this movie. Tom must see a doctor immediately. Example: Must may indicate probabilities or suppositions. You must be angry. My watch must be broken. Supongo que mi reloj no sirve. He must have done that before moving to Spain.
Ought to: "Ought to" is used to advise or make recommendations. "Ought to" also expresses assumption or expectation as well as strong probability, often with the idea that something is deserved.
Example: You ought to stop smoking. Recommendation Jim ought to get the promotion. It is expected because he deserves it. This stock ought to increase in value. Probability Mark ought not drink so much. Advice against son
Example: You ought not smoke so much. She ought not take such risks while skiing. They ought not carry so much cash while traveling.
Should: Should Manners indicate why the obligation is not true. Should are sin贸nomos.
Example: You should to call your mother. I should to go home now.
Example: In questions, is used to see if there should an obligation Should he call her? Should we pay now? When should we leave?
Would: The modal would followed by the word like is a polite way of indicating a preference.
Example: I would like white wine with my fish. We would like a room with a view.
Example: I would go with you if I didn't have to work. If I had not had to work, I would have gone with you. She would be surprised if you came to the party.
Will: Will be used to inquire about one thing or person. Example: Will Tom ever pay you back? Will Shall Mars be visited by humans within twenty years? Will you be finished soon?
Example: Will be used to ask a favor. Will you turn off the TV? Will you stop whining?
Had better: "Had better" is most commonly used to make recommendations. It can also be used to express desperate hope as well as warn people.
Example: You had better take your umbrella with you today. That bus had better get here soon! You had better watch the way you talk to me in the future!
Example: You'd better tell her everything. I'd better get back to work. We'd better meet early.
Be able to: Although we look at be able to here, it is not a modal verb. It is simply the verb be plus an adjective (able) followed by the infinitive. We look at be able to here because we sometimes use it instead of can and could.
Example: I was able to drive I will be able to drive I have been able to drive
Example: I have been able to swim since I was five. You will be able to speak perfect English very soon. I would like to be able to fly an airplane.
Used to: "Used to" expresses the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now.
Example: Jerry used to study English. Sam and Mary used to go to Mexico in the summer. I used to start work at 9 o'clock. Christine used to eat meat, but now she is a vegetarian.
Example: You used to play the piano. Did you play the piano when you were young? You did not play the piano when you were young. Be going to: To make a verb form with “be going to”, you first put “be” into the correct form to agree with the subject, and then add “going to” + the simple form of the verb. Note also that the “be” form is often shortened. This table lists the main forms.
Example: I am going to leave You are going to leave He is going to leave
Example: We are going to sing at the party Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow one I am going to play soccer