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MODALS OF DEDUCTION

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Created on February 2, 2021

PRESENT AND PAST

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MODALS

Modals verbs do not have all the tenses: infinitive, participle,future o conditional

Modals never end in "S" even in 3rd person of singular

They NEVER NEVER use DO, DOES or DID, except "have to"

They are auxiliary verbs which provide additional and specific meaning to the verb

They are followed by an infinitive verb WITHOUT "TO"

modals OF deduction: present

SOMETHING IS POSSIBLE

SOMETHING IS MORE POSSIBLE

MAY (puede)MIGHT (podría) + VERB COULD (podría)

MAY WELL (Puede)MIGHT WELL (Podría) + VERB COULD WELL (Podría)

MAY NOT (no puede) +VERBMIGHT NOT (no podría)

CAN'T (no puede) +VERB COULDN'T (no podría)

MUST (debe) + VERB

SOMETHING IS POSSIBLY NOT TRUE

THE OPPOSITE OF "MUST"

SOMETHING IS TRUE

modals of deduction: past

SOMETHING WAS POSSIBLY BUT NOT TRUE

SOMETHING WAS POSSIBLE

MAY (Puede Haber+participio)MIGHT (Podría haber) + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE COULD (Podría haber+ participio)

MAY NOT (No puede haber + participio) + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLEMIGHT NOT (No podría haber + participio)

MUST + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE (No debe haber + participio)

CAN'T (no puede haber + participio) + HAVE + PAST.PARTICIPLE COULDN'T (no podría haber + participio)

the opposite of "must"

SOMETHING WAS TRUE