Modal Verbs
In the present, the auxiliary verbs must and have to are used to express that doing something is obligatory (You must go), prohibited (You mustn’t go), or not necessary (You don’t have to go). In the past, however, those distinctions are lost, because must, unlike other modal verbs (can/could, may/might), has no past tense […]
Put the following modal verbs into the blanks. You may need a negative!
Can Might Must Will Would
I can’t believe I’ve lost my keys again! This is the second time this week. I really (1)___ stop leaving them in bad places. My dog (2)___ have eaten them, though. He loves eating everything. But if he had eaten them, he (3)___ look horrible right now, and he doesn’t. So the keys (4)___ be inside him. Oh! There they are! Finally! From now on, I (5)___ only leave them on the entry room table!
Choose the modal verbs that are correct. There may be more than one!
There was a knock at the door. Theresa looked at me and announced, “That (1) may / might / must be George. He called earlier and said he (2) ‘d / ‘ll / ‘s drop by about this time”. I looked at how I was dressed: singlet, boxers with little hearts on them, and an open robe, and told her, “You (3) could / might / would have warned me! I look horrible!”
By Tania Casado. ¡Hola a tod@s! Hoy vamos a repasar los verbos modales que expresan obligación. Los principales son have to y must. Evidentemente entre ellos hay diferencias que os voy a explicar a continuación. Vamos a empezar con las obligaciones en presente, para ello podemos utilizar have to y must dependiendo de la intensidad […]
By Tania Casado. Los modal verbs nos traen a todos un poco de cabeza. En estas próximas semanas os iré explicando la diferencia entre los distintos modal verbs: obligation, necessity, ability, permission, advice, certainty, possibility. Antes de empezar es importante que sepáis que todos los modal verbs siguen 3 reglas por lo general (aunque hay […]
By Tania Casado. Sois muchos los que tenéis dificultades con los modales. Voy a ir explicando en diferentes blogs los modales y sus usos. Hoy toca: hacer deducciones. Vamos a empezar con las deducciones en presente. Bien, en inglés podemos hacer deducciones tanto en positivo como en negativo. Depende de cual hagamos, utilizaremos un modal […]