Guía Completa sobre Modalidades Verbales en Inglés

Can

Habilidades

• I can swim.
• Can I come in?
• He can’t go now.

Could

• Habilidad en el pasado.
• Posibilidad.
• Imposibilidad.
• Sugerencias.
• He could read Russian.
• They could be in Tokyo.
• I couldn’t buy the car.
• You could try next year.

May

• Posibilidad.
• Permiso.
• Prohibición.
• It may rain tomorrow.
• May I come in?
• You may not smoke here.

Might

• Posibilidad remota.
• It might snow.

Will

• Predicciones.
• Decisiones.
• They will come.
• I will buy a Harley.

Would

• Peticiones formales.
• Acciones pasadas.
• Preferencias.
• Would you marry me?
• I would play tennis when I was 10.
• I would rather go to the cinema.

Shall

• Peticiones formales.
• Acciones futuras.
• Shall I open the window?
• I shall visit her.

Should

• Ought to.
• Consejos.
• You should buy her a diamond.

Must

• Obligación.
• Prohibiciones.
• I must study.
• You must not go with that boy.

Have to

• Obligaciones impuestas.
• You have to drive on the right.

Be able to

• Habilidades.
• He is able to make a cake.

Must, can’t have + PP

• Deducciones.
• They must have bought a new house.
• They can’t have come here this morning.

May, might, could + have + participio

• Pasado.
• Deducciones donde no tenemos mucha seguridad.
• They may have gone.
• She could have seen her.

Need

• Necesidad.
• You are going to need a lot of help.

Needn’t

• Ausencia de necesidad.
• You needn’t come tomorrow.