1. MODALS
Principais características:
Não são precedidos de to no infinitivo;
Não admitem os auxiliares:DO,DOES e DID na
negativa ou interrogativa;
Não recebem “S” na 3ª pessoa (he ,she ou it);
Não são conjugados no futuro com WILL nem nos
tempos contínuous.

2.
What are Modal Verbs?
 Modal verbs are special verbs which
behave very differently from normal
verbs:
 Common Modal Verbs
Can -can´t Ought to –oughtn´t
Could- couldn´t Shall –shall not
May- mayn´t Should-shouldn´t
Might- mightn´t will-won´t
Must- musn´t would-wouldn´t

3. Here are some important
differences:
1. Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third
person.
Ex : He can speak Chinese.
2. You use "not" to make modal verbs negative,
even in Simple Present and Simple Past.
Ex:He should not be late.
3. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the past
tenses or the future tenses.
Ex: He will can go with us. Not Correct.
She musted study very hard. Not Correct.

4. The following is the main
characteristic of modals:
VERB SYNONYM TRANSLATIO MEANING PAST
N TENSE
CAN To be able to PODER MIND-ABILITY COULD
CONSEGUIR PHYSICAL -ABILITY
SABER PERMISSION
POSSIBILITY
EXAMPLES:
I can speak English.
Can I smoke here?
It can happen to anyone.
I couldn't speak English before Going To England.

5. MODAL MAY
VERB SYNONYM TRANSLATION MEANING PAST
TENSE
MAY To be possible to PODER FORMAL MIGHT
To be allowed to -Permission
Possibility (remote
express a possibility)
wish
EXAMPLES:
It might rain this weekend.
May all your dreams come true.
It may rain today.
May I smoke here?

6. MODAL MUST
VERB SYNONYM TRANSLATION MEANING PAST
TENSE
MUST To have to TER Obligation Had to
PRECISAR Inference-
DEVER deduction
Nessecity
Prohibition
EXAMPLE:
You must stop smoking.
He must be very rich.
You mustn't get out of bed.

7. MODAL SHOULD
VERB SYNONYM TRANSLATIO MEANING PAST
N TENSE
SHOULD OUGHT TO DEVER Advice __________
EXAMPLES:
You should study more.
I should have read Jane Eyre before the test.

8. MODAL SHALL
VERB SYNONY TRANSLATION MEANING PAST
M TENSE
SHALL WILL QUE TAL Suggestion _____
PODER
EXAMPLES:
Shall we go to the movies?