Uso de Verbos Modales, Gerundios e Infinitivos en Inglés: Reglas y Ejemplos

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Verbos Modales en Inglés (Modals)

May / may not (muchas probabilidades): You may go to school tomorrow.
Might / might not (pocas probabilidades): We might not go to the beach tomorrow; it’s going to rain.

Can / can’t: He can walk now.
Could / couldn’t: Could I go to the bathroom? / I couldn’t go yesterday because I was ill.
Be able to (Ser capaz de): I was able to play the piano. / I’m not able to get out of bed today.
Should: Consejos y nada obligatorio.
Must / have to / need to: Obligaciones y necesidades.
mustn’t: Prohibiciones.

Subject of a sentence: Smoking is bad for your health.
After prepositions: I'm tired of studying.
After the following expressions: It's no use / It's no good / There's no point in...
- There's nothing you can do about the situation, so it's no use worrying about it.
It's (not) worth...: What was the film like? Was it worth seeing?
Can't bear / can't stand / can't face / can't help...: I can't stand ironing.
Have difficulty / have trouble...: I had no difficulty finding a place to park.
Spend / Waste...: He spent hours trying to repair the clock.
Go (activities & sports): How often do you go swimming?
Be used to / get used to: I'm not used to studying so hard.
Look forward to: I'm looking forward to going on holiday.

After nouns: Helen has the ability to play the piano.
After adjectives: Daniel is ready to help us.
After a reference to a person: They told Tom to send his CV.
Infinitive of Purpose: I went to the supermarket to buy some milk.
Something / anything / nothing / somewhere / anywhere: There's nothing to do in this place.
After a -wh word: We didn't know what to do.
After "too" and "enough": He's too young to drive.
After certain verbs: afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, beg, choose, dare, decide, demand, deserve, expect, fail, hesitate, hope, learn, manage, mean, offer, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, threaten, wait, want.