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Grammatica inglese: Modal Verbs, Slide di Inglese

I modal verbs rappresentano uno degli strumenti più versatili dell’inglese: permettono di esprimere abilità, possibilità, permessi e richieste con immediatezza. Nonostante le differenze tra can, could, may, must e gli altri modali, condividono caratteristiche comuni che li rendono essenziali nella comunicazione quotidiana. Attraverso esempi chiari e situazioni reali, questa presentazione mostra come i modal verbs funzionano e come possono trasformare una frase semplice in un’espressione precisa e sfumata.

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Modals are special verbs that behave irregularly.
In fact they are different from regular verbs, a
modal verb provides more information than the
function of the main verb that comes next.
also called auxiliary verbs or even auxiliary modal
verbs, they have the power to change the other
verbs in the sentence.
Modal
verbs
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Modals are special verbs that behave irregularly.

In fact they are different from regular verbs, a

modal verb provides more information than the

function of the main verb that comes next.

also called auxiliary verbs or even auxiliary modal

verbs, they have the power to change the other

verbs in the sentence.

Modal

verbs

We use modals to show if we believe something is certain, possible or impossible.

  1. possibility Can -> to make general statements about what is possible May/Might/Could -> to say that something is possible, not certain Could -> to make general statements about the past
  2. impossibility Can't (cannot) -> to say that something is impossible
  3. certainity Must -> to show we are sure something is true and we have reasons for our belief Should (^) -> (^) to (^) suggest (^) something (^) is (^) true (^) and (^) we (^) have (^) reasons (^) for (^) our

suggestion

how we use it?

questions and negatives are formed

without the auxiliary do (except have to

and need to)

things in

common

there is no s- ending in the third person

singular (except have to and need to)

they are followed by the base infinitive

They have no infinitive form

Be able to expresses specific

ability in the past

(They were able to get tickets

Wimbledon.)

Can expresses ability in the

present (He can play handball extremely well.)

Could expresses general

ability in the past

(He could ride when he was six

years old.)

ability

Can, could, may and might are used to request permission (Can/Could/May/Might I use the sauna?)

However, may is formal and might is very formal and rather old-fashioned

Requesting permission