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Could
Usamos "Could" para expresar el pasado del modal verb “can” (poder). En español equivale a la
traducción de podría o pudo.
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
S + COULD + V + CMP.
EXAMPLE:
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2. He could do it today.
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IMPORTANT:
Usamos "Could" para expresar el pasado del modal verb “can” (poder). En español equivale a la
traducción de podría o pudo.
I. LET’S WORK: WRITE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT MODAL COULD – AFFIRMATIVE FORM:
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I. LET’S WORK: READ, TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE TO THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
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NEGATIVE FORM
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EXAMPLE:
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IMPORTANT:
El modal verb COULD trabajara con todos los pronombres: ( I, YOU, HE, SHE, IT, WE,YOU, THEY)
Podemos emplear al contracción al realizar la negación: COULD NOT = COULDN’T
I. LET’S WORK: WRITE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT MODAL COULD – NEGATIVE FORM:
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I. READ AND CREATE SENTENCES IN THE CORRECT ORDER THEN TRANSLATE THEM TO SPANISH.
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INTERROGATIVE FORM
COULD + S + V + COMP.?
EXAMPLE:
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IMPORTANT:
Colocamos COULD al inicio de la oración para realizar la pregunta, la contracción COULDN’T será
empleada al realizar una interrogante en negación,
I. LET’S WORK: WRITE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT MODAL COULD – INTERROGATIVE FORM:
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I. LET’S WORK, SEARCH AND FIND THE WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING CROSSWORD PUZZLE:
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I. CAREFULLY READ AND UNDERLINE THE VERBS INSIDE THE READING, THEN TRANSLATE
THE READING TO THE SPANISH.
Hey! What’s up? I’m Robert. I am 26 years old and I have just moved into my own apartment. I love it! I
can do whatever I want and I don’t have my parents nagging me about cleaning my room, washing the
dishes or taking out the garbage. I just stay up late at night playing video games or go out drinking with
my friends. Then I can sleep till noon the next day. I don’t think I will ever get married or have kids. I
love not having any responsibilities. During the day I work as a waiter in a restaurant a few blocks away.
My shift starts at 11 am and ends at 9 pm. It is hard work but it is fun. I meet interesting people and girls
give me their phone numbers all the time. I would like to have my own restaurant one day and make more
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money but it seems like a lot of work. I think I’ll just enjoy life for now and worry about making more
money later.
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