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CUADRO COMPARATIVO THE MODAL VERBS

Tenorio Hernández Raúl de Jesús

Created on October 29, 2023

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Comparative Chart The Modal Verbs

meaning

EXAMPLES

use

El verbo modal "can" se utiliza antes de un verbo principal en infinitivo y significa "poder" o "tener la habilidad de".

ABILITYPERMISSION PROBABILITY

A) I CAN SPEAK SPANISH.B) CAN I GO TO THE BATHROOM. C) IT CAN'T BE MARK. HE IS IN LOND.

CAN

A) He could speak French when he was 6 years old. B) He could go to the theater. C) It could get much hotter in July. D) I could lend you my notebook.

El verbo modal could es un verbo auxiliar que se utiliza para expresar lo mismo que "can" solo que en el pasado. Could siempre va seguido de un infinitivo sin to.

PAST ABILITYPAST PERMISSIONPROBABILITY (40%)REQUEST

COULD

MAY y MIGHT son dos verbos modales que expresan posibilidad en el futuro, pasado o presente. Ambos verbos son sinónimos y significan "tal vez", "quizás" o "puede ser".

A) It may snow tomorrow. B) May I come in? / A) It might rain today.

Probability(50%) Permission / Probability (35% or less)

MAY/MIGHT

Must es un verbo modal que se utiliza para expresar obligación, prohibición o probabilidad. Se acompaña de un verbo en infinitivo sin "to".

A) You mustn’t speak loudly. This is the hospital. B) The teacher must be Mark. I’ve seen his bicycle outside

Prohibition Deduction/probability(100%)

MUST