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Modal Verbs Carmen Torres What are modal verbs? They are: Can Could May Might Must Shall Should Will Would Ought to Modal verbs are sometimes referred to as Modal Auxiliary verbs because they help other verbs They are Auxiliary verbs that provide additional and specific meaning to the main verb of the sentence How do we use modals? Example: Mary could play the piano S Subject V Verb M They do not accept conjugation They do not need other auxiliary verbs Form He can ski He cans ski or He can skis Would you like to come with me? Do you would like to come with me? They can’t be serious They don’t can be serious There is no “s” in singular There is no “do / does” in the question There is no “don’t / doesn’t” in the negative Form to can / caning to must /musting She must study We should have gone the other way He could play football in his youth (general ability) Modal verbs do not have infinitives or –ing forms Modal verbs are followed by an infinitive without to Form Modal verbs do not have all the tenses Modal verbs use other verbs to complete the tenses Can is completed with be able to Must is completed with have to They can play the piano They will be able to play the piano in the future You must come early You had to come early yesterday What do they express? To understand it better we are going to divide them into 3 categories Single Concept Modal: they have one meaning Double Concept Modal: they have two meanings Modals in past: They are used to express a situation in the past They can have more than one meaning depending on the situations Categories Single concept Modals Double Concept Modals Modals in Past Will Might Should Ought to Had better May Must Would Shall Could Can Would have Could have Might have Should have May have Must have Single Concept Modal Modal Concept Examples Will Future Joe will travel to NY next week Might Small probability I might move to Canada some day Sho