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1. Modal Verbs
Lucas Campion & Juana Perez Muñiz

2. Grammar for modal verbs
Possibility in the present
Modal verbs + infinitive
Possibility in the past
Modal verbs + have + Past
participle

3. Can
It can get really cold in
winter in here
She can speak Spanish
really well
Can I borrow your pen?
Can you help me with
something?
That can’t be a banana,
it’s red!
Express possibility
Ability
Asking for permission
Making a request
Certainty

4. Could
Example:
I could play tennis when I
was younger. Ability
Could you take me to
Victoria station? Request
You could take a taxi.
Suggestion

5. May
Probability
Give permission
Ask for permission
(Maria is going to come to
my house)She may be in the
wrong building
Where was Maria last
night? She may have felt
ill
You may leave the table
when you finish your
dinner
May I borrow your pen?

6. Might
Examples:
It might be quicker to
travel by train.
Use:
Possibility

7. Will
Prediction (very sure)
Habits
Promise
Volunteering actions
(There are many clouds),
it will rain
A friend will always help
you
I promise that I will
write you every single day
I will make dinner tonight

8. Would
Example:
Would you like a cup of tea?
to request or offer

9. Shall
making offers
Suggestions
Asking for advice
Shall I send you the book?
What shall we do this
weekend?
Shall I help you?
Let's look the video
again, shall we?

10. Should
Examples:
You should drive more
carefully.
Opinion/Advice

11. Must
Certainty
Necessity
strong recommendation
prohibition
This must be the right
address!
Students must pass an
entrance examination to
study at this school
You must take some
medicine for that cough
You must not play in the
street

12. HAVE TO
Examples:
You have to be back at 10
o'clock.
Obligation

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