Modal Verbs by Perla Coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8 By: Perla V. Coliente Castillo en-us 2019-01-29 15:41:18 UTC 2025-03-13 02:57:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325448163 The three main uses of Can are: 
  • Ability 
  • Possibility 
  • Permission
]]> 2019-01-29 15:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325448163 Ability perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325449743 "Birds can fly"]]> 2019-01-29 15:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325449743 Possibility perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325451854 I know you can win the competition"]]> 2019-01-29 15:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325451854 Permission perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325453776 Can I ask you a question?]]> 2019-01-29 15:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325453776 perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325454929 Could is similar to Can and often replaces Can in the past tense.]]> 2019-01-29 15:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325454929 To express ability in the past perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325456004 I could ride a horse when I was younger]]> 2019-01-29 16:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325456004 Polite word used to ask for permission perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325456960 Could I please use your bathroom?]]> 2019-01-29 16:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325456960 General permission in the past perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325457488 He couldn't go to the concert because his mother wouldn't let him.]]> 2019-01-29 16:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325457488 perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325459446 They can normally be interchanged without a significant difference in meaning.]]> 2019-01-29 16:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325459446 To express (future) possibility perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325459869 I might go to the movies tonight.]]> 2019-01-29 16:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325459869 To give permission perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325460229 If you have finished the exam, you may leave the room]]> 2019-01-29 16:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325460229 To ask for permission perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325460939 May I borrow your pen?]]> 2019-01-29 16:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325460939 perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325461657 Should is a modal verb.
After Should you use the base form of the infinitive

]]> 2019-01-29 16:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325461657 To give advice perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325462108 Your hair is too long. You should get a haircut.]]> 2019-01-29 16:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325462108 Expresses that a situation is likely in the future (prediction) perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325462844 They should win the game]]> 2019-01-29 16:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325462844 Expresses an obligation that is not as strong as Must perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325463225 You should never lie to your doctor

]]> 2019-01-29 16:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325463225 perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325464039 We normally use WILL to speak about the future. It is always combined with another verb.

Since WILL is classified as a modal verb it has the same characteristics:
  • It does not change in the third person (i.e. he, she, it)
  • It is always combined with another verb in the base form (i.e. without 'to')
  • We don't use it with 'Do' in questions or negatives.
]]> 2019-01-29 16:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325464039 For things that we decide to do now perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325464091 I'll call a taxi for you]]> 2019-01-29 16:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325464091 When we think or believe something about the future. perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325464460 I think you will find the movie interesting]]> 2019-01-29 16:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325464460 To make an offer, a promise or a threat. perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325633753 If you say anything I will kill you!]]> 2019-01-29 21:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325633753 perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325634709 Would is often used in conditional sentences with a clause beginning with "If..." but it can also be used in the following situations]]> 2019-01-29 21:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325634709 Used as a polite invitation or to offer perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325649477 Would you like some more tea?]]> 2019-01-29 23:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325649477 Describe a prediction perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325649581 Nobody would believe me if I told them I had seen a UFO]]> 2019-01-29 23:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325649581 To describe past habits perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325649709 Before internet people would send letters to each other.]]> 2019-01-29 23:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325649709 perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650012 Must is a modal verb
It is prohibited; it is not allowed. It is important than you do NOT do something.]]> 2019-01-29 23:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650012 To express obligation or duty perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650029 People must remain seated until the show is over.]]> 2019-01-29 23:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650029 To emphasize the necessity of something perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650187 You must drive carefully.]]> 2019-01-29 23:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650187 A strong recommendation perla_coliente https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650448 The ice cream here is delicious. You must try some]]> 2019-01-29 23:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/perla_coliente/w6phb9uf7pc8/wish/325650448