MODAL/PHRASE USE GRAMMAR STRUCTURE EXAMPLE

MODAL

HAVE TO/HAD TO TO EXPRESS OBLIGATION IN PRESENT : SUBJECT+HAVE/HAS TO + AT HOME I HAVE TO DO THE

PRESENT AND PAST VERB BASIC FORM DISHES EVERY NIGHT.

PAST: SUBJECT+HAD TO + VERB BASIC WHEN I WAS A CHILD

FORM
I HAD TO GO TO BED AT 8 PM.

PRESENT:SUBJECT+DON´T/DOESN´T
I AM 19 NOW,
+HAVE TO+ VERB BASIC FORM
SO I DON’T HAVE TO ASK MY
PARENTS FOR PERMISSION.

PAST: SUBJECT+DIDN’T+HAVE TO+ VERB YESTERDAY I DIDN’T GO TO

TO EXPRESS THAT BASIC FORM CLASS, SO I DIDN’T HAVE TO
SOMETHING IS/WAS NOT WAKE UP EARLY.
AN OBLIGATION OR NOT
NECESSARY

SHOULD PRESENT: TO EXPRESS SUBJECT + SHOULD (NOT)+ VERB BASIC IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE
ADVICE OR SUGGESTION FORM SLEEPING YOU SHOULD
EXERCISE BEFORE GOING TO
BED.
 PAST: TO EXPRESS REGRET SUBJECT+SHOULD+HAVE(NOT) +PAST -I BOUGHT SOME SHIRTS THAT
ABOUT SOMETHING YOU PARTICIPLE WERE ON SALE, BUT THEIR
DID OR DID NOT DO IN COLOR CHANGED AFTER THE
PAST FIRST WASH.

-YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT

THEM IN OTHER STORE

BE SUPPOSED TO TO EXPRESS SOMETHING SUBJECT+ BE (NOT)+ SUPPOSED TO + MY SISTER WAS SUPPOSED TO

YOU HAVE OR HAD TO DO, BASIC VERB FORM HELP ME WITH THE HOUSE
BUT YOU DON’T OR DIDN’T CHORES BUT SHE PREFERED TO
DO IT. HANG OUT WITH HER FRIENDS.