MODAL VERB

Complet
Contract
Will
ll
Will not
wont

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Ability /Inability in the past./To express the past of can.

To express something possible but unlikeky.
To request something formal.++
To express imposibility in the past.
Suggestin, advice.
To express possibility that likely happen.
To ask permission/request. Formal: MAY+++/ COULD++/ CAN+.
Expressing hopes.
Advices, prohibition.
To express the past form./Remote possibility. May++ Might+
Certeza dependiente de una condicin.

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Theyll be here soon./Next year I will be 20.

Will you be quiet?/ All travellers will go to gate two immediately.
Will you dance?/ Will you have a coffee?
Ill carry your bags./Ill give you a hand if you like.
Ill put the letter in the post today./I wont come this evening, Im affraid.
Will you open the window, please?
Would you move your car, please?/ Would you open the window please?
Would you like a cup of coffee?
There he met the woman he would one day marry.
When I was a little boy I would walk on the beach every morning. (sola)
If I were you, I would go to the party./ If I were rich I wouldnt live in Spain.
I can speak french. /I cant drive./I cannot swim.
In this village you can buy lots of things./You cannot smoke in here.
Can I speak to you or are you too busy?/You can use my phone.
Can I help you out?/Can you give me a hand?/When you finish that, you can take out the
garbage.
I can smell something burning./Can you hear that noise?/I can't see anything.
He was in London one hour ago when I spoke to him. He can't be here yet./You can't be
hungry. You've just eaten./He cant be so old!
Jim could run fast when he was a boy.. The shop had nothing I could afford.
He could be at home. The keys could be in the car. (Poco probable)
Could you lend me your umbrella, please?
I coulndt open the door. He couldnt climb the ladder.
You could get advice from him/her.
We may (may not) go to France next year./She may be right.
May I come in? May I show you this picture?/ You may use my phone.
May you both be very happy.
You may not smoke in the library.
He said he might come with us./If you played, you might win a lot of money.
If you stopped criticizieng I might get some work done.

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Para ofrecer, sugerir y pedir instrucciones o consejos

Para expresar obligacin o deber.
Probabilidad de que algo ocurra/no ocurra. 90%
To express obligation +++
To express deduction.
To express/prohibition +++ mustnt

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What do you think I should do? You should go and see the doctor.
People should drive more carefully.
He should do well the exam./He shouldnt lose the game
You must be back by 11. You must take your shoes off in here.
She must have problems. She keeps crying. She must be over 80.
You mustnt smoke here. It is forbidden.

Shant

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Offers.
Suggestions.

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Shall I carry this bag? Quieres que te lleve la bolsa?

Shall we go to the cinema. Qu te parece si vamos al cine? Shall we go. Vayamos

Didnt
have/has
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Dont/Do
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have to

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Accin o estado habitual en el pasado.

Accin o estado no habitual en el pasado.

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I used to be rude in the past.

I didnt used to play outside.

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Obligacin o necesidad personal./ External obligation. Someone

requires it.
Falta de obligacin o necesidad.

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He had to leave early./ Staff have to be here at 12 oclock.

I dont have to pay this until March./ I didnt have to pay the fine./ I will have to...

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Can
Can not/
Cannot

Cant

Couldnt

May Puede que

May not
Might= is
possible that
will/ wont..

Might not
Should=ough

= pudiera
ser que...

Shouldnt

to. Dont/does

Should not
Must
Must not

Mustnt
Prohibition

Prohibition enf.

Shall (I/we)
Shall not
Used to
Not used to
Solia
Have/has to

SAMPLE

A prediction based in opinion/calculation.

An order/obligation.
An invitation.
An offer. (decisin espontnea)
An intention./promises./ refusal.
A request. (Peticin educada)+.
Requests (peticion educada)++.
Invitations.
Expresa la idea del futuro en el pasado.
Para hablar de hbitos o caractersticas pasadas.
To express conditionals./Negaciones del pasado./Hiptesis.
To express ability. (lo que se sabe hacer)
To express theoretical possibility. (tener la oportunidad de)
To ask for and give permission. (informal)
In offers, requests and instructions. (informal)
'With 'see' 'hear' 'feel' 'smell' 'taste' to talk about something which is
happening now . Where we would use the PC with most other verbs.
Can't' for deduction. The opposite of 'can't' in this context is 'must'.

Would
Would not

Could
Podra

MEANING / USES
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