Transcript what are modal verbs?

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MODAL VERBS
Tutors: Gloria Gómez
Carolina Rojas
•WHAT ARE MODAL VERBS?
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WHAT ARE MODAL VERBS?
We use modal verbs to show if we believe something is
Certain
Probable
Possible (or not)
To talk about ability
To make requests or offers
To make suggestions
To ask for permission
To express obligation
How to use modal verbs?
Is this right?
I can to play
She cans play
Do you can play guitar?
She will can come tomorrow
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They are always followed by the “infinitive without to”
They are the same for all the pronouns
They do not need auxiliaries. They take direct negative and questions forms
They never combine with another modal verb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaBH_huiJSM
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How to use modal verbs?
I can to play
She cans play
Do Can you can play guitar?
Can you play guitar?
She will can come tomorrow
She will come tomorrow
She can come tomorrow
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They are always followed by the “infinitive without to”
They are the same for all the pronouns
They do not need auxiliaries. They take direct negative and questions forms
They never combine with another modal verb
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaBH_huiJSM
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Suggestion
Obligation
Ability,
possibility
Ask for
permission
should
Must
Can
May I…?
Shouldn’t
Mustn’t
Can’t
Can I…?
Have to
Could/couldn’t
Could you..?
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Nonobligation
Don’t have to
LET’S PRACTICE
http://www.cuaed.unam.mx/english_media/speaking.php
Mustn’t Vs Don’t have to
Mustn’t
vs
Don’t have
to
prohibition
When someone
is not obligated
to do something
You musn’t arrive
after midnight
You don’t have to
participate in the
webconference
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Mustn´t vs. Don´t have to
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LET’S PRACTICE
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LET’S PRACTICE
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May/might
and
Possible actions
They have the
same meaning and
the grammar is the
same.
We use might more
often than we
use may, but both
are possible.
may
Ask for permission
We may go to Paris next
year.
We might go to Paris next
year.
We may not visit Berlin on
our holiday.
We might not visit Berlin on
our holiday.
SHOULD: GIVE ADVICE
SHOULD: GIVE ADVICE
Can
Request
help or
permission
could
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/verbs/modal-verbs/abilitypermission-requests-and-advice
Writing exercises: http://www.cuaed.unam.mx/english_media/writing.php
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EXERCISES
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/maymight/exercise1.swf
http://www.time4english.com/aamain/school/sgbzmay_might1.asp
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/modal1.htm
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Thank you!!!!
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