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59 MODAL VERBS: CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, MUST, SHALL, SHOULD, WILL, WOULD
Son la primera palabra en un grupo verbal: I must leave fairly son/I think it will look rather nice
Siempre: Ought + to : She ought yo go straight back to England
No suelen indicar en tiempo de un acontecimiento (salvo excepciones): He sill not return for many hours
Could is used como pasado de can, para expresar habilidad.Would es usado como el pasado de will para expresar
futuro: When I was Young. I could run for miles. He rembered that he would see his mother the next day.
En ingles hablado e informal
o shall/will: ll
o would: d (d: had)
o Shall (shall not: shant) will, would nunca se contraen al final de la frase.
o Might not (mightnt)
o Ought not (oughtnt)
U.60 MODAL + NOT: You must not worry. I can never remember his name.
Preguntas: MODAL + SUJ. + VERBO: Could you give me an example? / Will you be coming in later?
Mas educados
o Can: be able to. All members are able to claim expenses
o Might: be likely to. I think that we are likely to see more of this
o Must: have to.
U. 61 POSIBILIDAD

CAN: para decir que algo es posible o no. Cooking can be a real pleasure. Thin cannot be the answer
COULD / MIGHT / MAY: No se est seguro de que algo es cierto. That could be one reason.
COULD HAVE / MAY HAVE / MIGHT HAVE: Hay una posibilidad de que algo ocurri en el pasado pero no ests seguro
COULD NOT HAVE: is posible que algo no ocurri. He didnt have a boat, so he couldnt have rowed away.