MODAL VERBS OBLIGATION AND PERMISSION

MODAL VERBS 1

ABILITY AND POSSIBILITY

ABILITY IN PRESENT = CAN / CAN´T Eg. I can play the piano I can´t play the guitar ABILITY IN PAST = COULD / COULDN´T I could read very well when I was six I couldn´t read when I was three

POSSIBILITY Eg. Things can happen suddenly We can´t go to the party

Can / can´t , could/ couldn´t ?? 1.Shakira .... speak six languages. 2. Jonathan ..... walk, he´s broken his leg. 3. I ...... run very fast when I was younger. 4. When Mary was a child, she ......pronounce the "r" sound. 5. Children ...... learn languages more easily. 6. My brother ....... ride a bike when he was one. 7. They ..... dance flamenco very well.

OBLIGATION AND PROHIBITION

MUST / MUSTN´T (deber)HAVE TO / DON´T HAVE TO( tener que) =present HAD TO / DIDN´T HAVE TO ( tenía que)= past * Mustn´t = no debes hacerlo, está prohibido *don´t / doesn´t have to= no hace falta hacerlo

INTERROGATIVE Do you have to study every day? Must you help at home? Did you have to do exams?

MUST / HAVE TO / HAD TO / DIDN´T HAVE TO ? HELP MY MUM AT HOME BE AT HOME AT TEN AT WEEKENDS GO TO SCHOOL ON SATURDAYS WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL I ...... MEMORIZE TOO MANY ENGLISH WORDS WHEN I WAS A BABY , I .......... WEAR NAPPIES.

MUSTN´T / DON´T HAVE TO ???? GET UP AT 6.30 TO GO TO SCHOOL WEAR SLIPPERS AT SCHOOL SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES CALL TEACHERS BY THEIR SURNAMES

WEAR A UNIFORM DRIVE AT 200 KM / H SPEAK LOUD IN A LIBRARY PAY FOR MY FOOD PAY FOR MY EXPENSES USE NAPPIES WHEN YOU ARE 4