CAN

Podemos usar “can” para hablar sobre

posibilidades
● Can you do that?
● I can't manage to do that.
● You can leave your car in that parking space.
● You cannot smoke in here.
Nota que hay dos formas negativas : “can’t” y
“cannot”. Estas dos expresiones significan
exactamente lo mismo. Cuando estamos hablando,
usualmente decimos “can’t”
Usamos “can” para hablar acerca de
habilidades:
● I can speak French.
● I can't drive.
Usamos “can” para dar y conceder permiso.
● Can I speak to you or are you too busy?
● You can use my phone.
● You can't come in.
Usamos “can” para hacer ofrecimientos,
preguntas e instrucciones.
● Can I help?
● Can you give me a hand?
● When you finish that, you can take out the
garbage.
CAN

Usamos “can” para dar y conceder permiso. ( Tambien usamos “may” para esto pero es más formal y mucho menos común )
● Can I speak to you or are you too busy?
● You can use my phone.
● You can't come in.

Usamos “can” para hacer ofrecimientos, preguntas e instrucciones.

● Can I help?
● Can you give me a hand?
● When you finish that, you can take out the garbage.
should

Podemos usar “should” para dar un consejo

· You should speak to him about it.
· You should see a doctor.
● You should ask a lawyer.

Usamos “should” para dar una opinión o recomendación

· We should invest more in China.
· They should do something about this terrible train service.
● He should resign.
should

'Should' se emplea para expresar una opinión personal y es mucho

más relajada que las expresiones “must” o “have to”. Generalmente es
presentada de manera similar a la expresión “ I Think” ( Yo creo)

● I think they should replace him.

● I don't think they should keep the contract.
● Do you think I should tell her?
should

¿CÓMO SE FORMA?

Afirmativos: sujeto + should + infinitivo sin to

He should work harder (debería trabajar más)

Negativas: sujeto + shouldn't / should not + infinitivo sin to

We shouldn't arrive late / we should not arrive late (no deberíamos llegar tarde)

Interrogativas: Should + sujeto + infinitivo sin to

Should I study this chapter for the exam? (¿Debería estudiar este capítulo para el
examen?)
S Yes, you should / No, you shouldn't.
 Have to

Uso Have to:

Se usa ‘have to’ para expresar obligación. No es algo que queremos hacer,
pero es algo que trae consecuencias si no lo hacemos.Si el sujeto es
he/she/it se usa has en vez de have excepto en preguntas y negativos.
Se forma: con have to + el verbo infinitivo.
AFIRMATIVO(+):
I have to
you have to
he/she/it has to
we have to
they have to
Have to
NEGATIVO(-):
I don't have to
you don't have to
he/she/it doesn't have to
we don't have to
they don't have to
Have to

INTERROGATIVO(?):
do you have to
does he/she/it have to
do we have to
do they have to
Have to

Ejemplos:
I have to work everyday. (tengo que trabajar todos los días)
I don't have to work everyday. ( no tengo que trabajar todos los días)
Do you have to work everyday? (¿tienes que trabajar todos los días?)
Present perfect with for and since.
For
We use for to talk about a period of time (a few days, half an hour, two years...)

Examples:

● He has studied in Dublin for 3 years.

● We have worked for 2 hours.

Since
We use since to talk about a specific point in time, or a time when the action started (last year, June 8, 9 o'clock...)

Examples:

● We have learnt Spanish here since 2002.

● I have loved you since the first time I met you.
The question words how long? and since when?, and the prepositions for and since are used with the present
perfect tense to express that something started in the past and is still true. How long? and for refer to an
incomplete period of time, while since when? and since refer to a point in time:

I have lived here for two months.

I have lived here since January.

"How long have you known José?" "For ten years."

"Since when have you known José?" "Since the early 1990s."

The point in time after since can also be expressed with a clause containing a verb in the past simple:

I have lived here since I was born.

I've known José since we were young