MODAL VERBS

By. Anel Sànchez Maldonado

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MODAL VERBS by Mind Map: MODAL VERBS

1. HAVE TO

1.1. Examples

1.1.1. AFIRMATIVE

1.1.1.1. I have to work on Sundays

1.1.2. NEGATIVE

1.1.2.1. You needn’t go to school at weekends

1.1.3. INTERROGATIVE

1.1.3.1. Do you have to get your passport?

2. DEFINITION

2.1. An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might.

3. THE FOLLOWING ARE MODAL VERBS:

3.1. CAN

3.1.1. Hability,Request,Possibility/Impossibility

3.2. SHOULD

3.2.1. Advice,Opinion

3.3. COULD

3.3.1. Past ability, Polite request,Polite suggestion ,Possibiliy

3.4. MIGHT

3.4.1. Possibility

3.5. MUST

3.5.1. Obligation, necessity, deduction; in the negative form - prohibition

3.6. OUGHT TO

3.6.1. Advice saying what is the right thing to do

3.7. BE ABLE TO

3.7.1. Hability and opportunity in the past, presentor future

3.8. HAVE TO

3.8.1. Obligation ,necessity

3.9. MAY

3.9.1. Permission (formal),Polite request,Possibility

4. CARACTERISTICS

4.1. They never change their form. You can't add "s", "ed", "ing"

4.2. They are always followed by an infinitive without "to" (e.i. the bare infinitive.)

4.3. They are used to indicate modality allow speakers to express certainty, possibility, willingness, obligation, necessity, ability

5. GRAMATICAL FORM

5.1. Afirmative form

5.1.1. .

5.2. Negative form

5.2.1. .

5.3. Interrogative form

5.3.1. .

6. SHOULD

6.1. Examples

6.1.1. AFIRMATIVE

6.1.1.1. You should accept the job

6.1.2. NEGATIVE

6.1.2.1. You shouldn’t go to the concert because you have a lot of homework.

6.1.3. INTERROGATIVE

6.1.3.1. Should we tell him the news?

7. MUST

7.1. Examples

7.1.1. AFIRMATIVE

7.1.1.1. We must be in the meeting next week.

7.1.2. NEGATIVE

7.1.2.1. They mustn't go to the party.

7.1.3. INTERROGATIVE

7.1.3.1. Must you speak English in class?

8. DIFFERENCES

8.1. *Should is often used to talk about duty or to express logical probability or to give advice or to make recommendations *Must and have to are more imperative in nature and generally expected not to be disobeyed. Must is a little stronger and a little more formal and sometimes more urgent. *Must is used mostly to talk about obligations, to talk about the feelings and wishes of the speaker and hearer and for logical conclusions also.

9. REFERENCES

9.1. • CUAED-UNAM, C. d. (24 de 07 de 2020). Ambiente virtual de idiomas. Obtenido de Modal verbs: can, could, would, should • Chamot, Anna Uhl, et. al. (2008).The learning strategies. NY: Longman. • Eastwood, J. (1999). Oxford Practice Grammar. Hong Kong: OUP. • Harmer, Jeremy (2004). Just Grammar. Malaysia: Marshal Cavendish.