Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Modal verbs
- Have to
- Is not an auxiliary verb. It expresses
impersonal obligation. Is not the
subject idea, it is imposed from
outside
- My father has to walk everyday.
You have to go to school in the
weekend.
- Must
- It expresses a personal
obligation, what the speaker
thinks is necessary so it's the
opinion of the person
speaking.
- Dad must stop drinking
The car must be more fast
- Can
- Used to
express
ability and ask
for
permission
- She can make pizza.
Can I use your
TV?
- Could
- Describes an ability that
someone had in the past and
often express permission
politely
- I could swim when I was young
Could I take this jacket with me
- May
- Used to ask for formal
permission and to
suggest something that
is possible
- May go out?
It may
snowing
today