Zusammenfassung der Ressource
MODAL VERBS
- MUST
- We use must when we are sure that something is true
- Past
- modal + have + pp
- She must have been tired afterwards
- Present
- modal + infinitive
- She must be tired
- We use may and might when we aren’t certain, when we think something is possible.
- Past
- modal + have + pp
- He may/might not have been listening.
- Present
- modal + infinitive
- He might listen music
- MAY-MIGHT
- CAN'T - COULDN'T
- We use can’t/couldn’t when we think
something is impossible, when we
are sure something isn’t true
- Present
- modal + infinitive
- It’s raining now, so Mary can’t be sunbathing
- Past
- modal + have + pp
- he could have been wrong