Modal+Verbs

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Modal verbs are a type of Auxiliary Verbs with "meaning".

These are the rules that apply to Modal verbs.

 " I can´t speak German"
 * To make a negative sentence we add "not".

"May I help you?"  "It must be Tom" " You should answer the phone"  "I __must__ go to school"  " I __had to__ go to school yesterday"
 * To make a question we change the order of the Subject and Verb.
 * No "-s" for the 3rd person singular.
 * They are followed by a verb in the Infinitive without to.
 * They are Defective. That means that sometimes they can be used in the present or the present and the past, but not in the future. That is why we need to use a synonym.


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Modal Verb || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Meaning || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Translation || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Synonym || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Example ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> 1. Can || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ability || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sé/ Puedo || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Am/Is/Are able to || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I can swim. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 2. Could || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ability in the past || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sabía / Podía || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Was/Were able to || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">He could walk when he was 10 months. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 3. Must || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Obligation || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Debo || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Have to || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I must listen to my teacher. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 4. Mustn't || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Prohibition || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">No puedo ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I must't bring mobile phones. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 5. Needn't || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">No obligation || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">No hace falta que || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Don´t have to || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">You needn't bring a yellow tracksuit for your PE class. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 6. May || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Probability || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Puede que ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It may rain this afternoon. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 7. Might || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Low probability || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Podría ser que ||  || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It might snow this afternoon. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 8. Should || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Advice || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Debería || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ought to || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">You should see that film. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 9. Ought to || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Advice (Formal) || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Debería || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Should || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">You ought to come earlier. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">10. Would || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Frequency in the past || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Solía || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Used to || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">When she was younger she would go out every Friday night. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">11. Shall || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Volunteer || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">¿Quieres que yo? || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Do you want me to...? || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Shall I help you with your homework? ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 129%;"> 12. Will || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Asking someone if... || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">¿Quieres...? || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Would you like to? || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Will you be my maid of honour? ||

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Here you can[| click] to practice, listen or download exercises with modal verbs. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Exercise1] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Exercise2] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Exercise3] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Exercise4] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Exercise5]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> There are some modal verbs in this song.

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