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Luis Alcaraz

Modal verbs

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Mind Map on Modal verbs, created by Marce Salazar on 31/03/2021.

Mind Map by Marce Salazar, updated more than 1 year ago

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Modal verbs

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A type of auxiliary (helping) verb that is used to express: ability, possibility, permission or obligation.

Express
1. Ability
2. Necessity
3. Permission
Present ability: CAN/CAN´T
1. He can swim
  1. He can´t swim
2. Pronoun + Can + base form of the verb
  1. Pronoun + Can´t + base form of the verb
Polite request: COULD
1. Could you pass me the sugar?
  1. Modal verb + pronoun + base form of the verb
2. Polite request: MAY
  1. May I use the bathroom?
  2. Modal verb + pronoun + base form of the verb
Past ability: COULD/COULDN'T
1. My sister could swim when I was six.
  1. I couldn't play the piano when she was five.
2. Pronoun + could + base form of the verb + complement
  1. Pronoun + couldn't + base form of the verb + complement

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