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MODAL VERBS

MODAL VERBS. MR. JAVIER NUÑEZ & MR. ALEIX TORRAS. INDEX. WHAT ARE MODAL VERBS? HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM USUAL VERBS? PRINCIPAL MODAL VERBS SEMI-MODALS KINDS OF MODAL VERBS. WHAT ARE MODAL VERBS?. AN AUXILIARY VERBS CLASS USED TO EXPRESS MODALITY.

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MODAL VERBS

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  1. MODAL VERBS • MR. JAVIER NUÑEZ & MR. ALEIX TORRAS

  2. INDEX • WHAT ARE MODAL VERBS? • HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM USUAL VERBS? • PRINCIPAL MODAL VERBS • SEMI-MODALS • KINDS OF MODAL VERBS

  3. WHAT ARE MODAL VERBS? • AN AUXILIARY VERBS CLASS USED TO EXPRESS MODALITY

  4. HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM USUAL VERBS? • THEY DON’T HAVE PARTICIPLE NOR INFINITIVE FORMS • THEY DON’T HAVE THE -S/-ES ENDING IN THE 3RD PERSON SINGULAR • YOU USE NOT TO MAKE A MODAL VERB NEGATIVE • MANY MODAL VERBS CAN NOT BE USED IN PAST OR FUTURE TENSES • THEY MAKE QUESTIONS BY INVERSION • HE CAN PLAY CAN HE PLAY? • HE PLAYS SOCCER DOES HE PLAY SOCCER? • THEY ARE FOLLOWED DIRECTLY BY AN INFINITIVE VERB

  5. PRINCIPAL MODAL VERBS • CAN • COULD • MAY • MIGHT • MUST • SHALL • SHOULD • WILL • WOULD • USED TO

  6. SEMI-MODALS • OUGHT • HAD BETTER • DARE • NEED • HAVE

  7. KINDS OF MODAL VERBS • PROBABILITY • MUST BE • IT MUST BE RAINING • COULD • HE COULD HAVE GONE TO THE CINEMA YESTERDAY • CAN NOT • THIS BILL CAN’T BE RIGHT, 20€ IT’S TOO MUCH! • MAY/MIGHT • WE MAY/MIGHT GO TO THE PARTY

  8. KINDS OF MODAL VERBS • PERMISSION • CAN/COULD • COULD I LEAVE EARLY TODAY? • CAN WE SWIM IN THE LAKE? • MAY • MAY I GO TO THE BATHROOM? • SHALL • SHALL I PASS?

  9. KINDS OF MODAL VERBS • ABILITY • CAN • WE CAN TEACH MODAL VERBS TO THE CLASS • COULD • I COULD RUN 100 M IN 5 SECONDS AT MY BEST TIMES

  10. KINDS OF MODAL VERBS • HABITS • WILL • JORDI WILL ALWAYS BE LATE! • WOULD • 7 YEARS AGO, I WOULD SPEAK CHINESE • USED TO • WHEN I WAS 5 I USED TO PLAY “PICA-PARET”

  11. KINDS OF MODAL VERBS • OBLIGATION, ADVICE AND NECESSITY • MUST • YOU MUST GO TO SCHOOL • HAVE • YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK • SHALL • YOU SHALL NOT PASS! • SHOULD/OUGHT • YOU SHOULD SCREAM IF YOU FEEL STRESSED • HE OUGHT TO TELL THAT TO THE TEACHER • DARE • DARE HE STUDY? • NEED TO • YOU NEED TO STUDY IF YOU DON’T WANT TO FAIL *TO MAKE THE NEGATIVE FORMS WE USE NOT

  12. KINDS OF MODAL VERBS • CERTAINTY • MUST • HE MUST BE IN A CAR RUSH • CAN’T/COULDN’T • THAT CAN’T/COULDN’T BE TRUE

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