modal verbs
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They provide additional and specific meaning to the main verb of the sentence.
You mustn´t drink that water, it´s dangerous.
They don´t have all tenses. They use other verbs to do thatCan Be able to Must Have to
To express present ability: She can play the guitar
To make a request: Can I borrow your pen?
To offer to do anything:
Can I help you?
To ask for permisssion: Can I leave earlier? Yes, you can.
To express possibility or impossibility:Learning a language can be a real challengeIt can´t cost more than a dollar or two.
To express past ability: Nancy could ski like a pro by the age of 11.
To express possibility: Extreme rain could cause the river to flood the city.
To make suggestions: You could see a movie or go out to dinner
To make a request: Could I use your computer to email my boss?
In conditional sentences: We could go on the trip if I didn´t have to work.
To express Obligation:You must obey the rules.
To express necessity:
Students must pass an entrance examination to study at this school.
To express certainty: This must be the right address!.
To express prohibition: Jenny, You mustn´t park there!
( PRESENT , PAST, FUTURE )
To express Obligation: He has had to leave early.
To express necessity: The soup has to be stirred continuously to prevent burning
To express certainty: This answer has to be right.
To Advise: You should focus more on your family and less on work.
To recommend:
When you go to Berlin,you should visit the palaces in Potsdam.
To express expectation: By now, they should alrady be in Dubai.
To express Obligation: I really should be in the office by 7:00 a.m
To offer: Would you like some tea?.
To invite: Would you like to go to the cinema?
To express repetition in the past: When I was a kid, I would always go to the beach.
To express Possibility: It may rain tomorrow
To make a request (formal):
May I open the window, please?
Give permission: Johnny, you may leave the table when you have finished your dinner.
To express possibility:
Your purse might be in the living room.
To make a request ( very formal):
Might I borrow your pen?
To make suggestions:
You might visit the botanical gardens during your visit.
