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Modal Verbs (Ability) – can, could, be able to

I can ski / puedo esquiar

Una de las funciones del verbo modal can es para expresar habilidad.
Podemos utilizar el can si decidimos ahora que vamos hacer en el futuro.

Ej) I can have lunch with you tomorrow. / Puedo comer contigo maana.

I can’t see you this weekend. / No puedo verte esta fin de semana.

Nota:
Despus del can ponemos el infinitivo sin to

... can play tennis
... can't go tomorrow


La forma negativa completa se escribe como una sola palabra; cannot.

En otros casos, para expresar habilidad en el futuro utilizamos will be able to.

Ej) Do you think England will be able to win the World Cup one day?
Piensas que Inglaterra pueda ganar el Mundial algun da?

El pasado de can y can’t por habilidad es could y couldn’t

Ej) When I was young I could drink 10 or 12 pints of lager in one night.
Cuando era joven, poda beber 10 o 12 pintas de cerveza en una sola noche.

El can y el could tambin se utiliza para pedir a las personas que hagan algo.

Ej) can/could you give me your phone number?

El Condicional

Podemos utilizar el could para decir podra (would be able to)

Ej) We could get a new car next year if we didn’t have a holiday this summer.
Podramos comprarnos un nuevo coche si no tomamos vacaciones este verano.

EJERCICIOS

Elije can o can’t si es posible. Si no, elige could o will be able to.

1. I’m sorry, I take you to the airport in the morning because I’ve got a business meeting at 9 o’clock.
2. I think I my driving test before my 50th birthday.
3. One day in the future I think we live on the moon.
4. If we left now, we before the shops close.
5. I’m not working this weekend so we go cycling on Sunday.
6. I meet you for coffee at 11, but I’ll only have fifteen minutes.
7. I’ll do the washing and the ironing, but I do the shopping.
8. If we worked together, we finish it before the film starts.
9. She was bad after the accident, but I think she go back to work next week.
10. It’s not possible yet, but I think computers do the housework for us in a few years.
11. I go for a run this evening. My parents are coming to visit and I won’t have time.
12. I do your job. It’s so complicated and stressful.

Help:

to = aprobar
driving test = examen de conducir
the moon = la luna
do the ironing = hacer la plancha
the housework = tareas domsticas
streeful = estresante

OJO!
No utilizamos el could cuando hemos conseguido hacer algo por algo una sola vez. En estas ocasiones decimos managed to o succeeded in.

Ej.) It wasn’t easy, but I

could buy a ticket for the Eminem concert.

managed to
succeeded in buying
No fue fcil, pero consegu comprar una entrada para el concierto de Eminem.

EJERCICIOS

Elige could, couldn’t o managed to

1. I play the piano when I was four.
2. They to get to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, but it took them six days.
3. Eventually Luis convince me that there’s no future in teaching English.
4. Mark wanted to see the final of the European Cup, but he get tickets.
5. Henry was so advanced for his age that he burn music CD’s when he was 8 months old.
6. Val and John were amazed that they to drive over the Pyrenees in such an old car.
7. I spoke to her for more than an hour, bought her a drink, and finally get her phone number.
8. Carlos speak English when he was six years old. His parents are from Liverpool.
9. Cathy grew up near the beach in South Africa. She swim, sail and dive when she was very young.
10. Danny lost his job at the clock factory because he get up on time in the mornings.

Help:

sail = paseo en barco
dive = bucear

Modal Verbs – can, should, must

Relaciona las frases con sus significados:

1. I think you should marry him. He’s very sexy!
2. You can marry him if you really love him.

3. You shouldn’t marry him because you don’t love him.

4. You can’t marry him, he’s already married!

5. You must marry him, you’re pregnant!*

6. You mustn’t marry him. If you do it’ll be the biggest mistake of your life!

*pregnant = embarazada

Ahora escribe must/mustn’t/should/shouldn’t/can o can’t en el espacio adecuado.

1. Se utiliza para decir que algo es posible.
2. Se utiliza para decir que algo no es posible.
3. Se utiliza para aconsejar a alguien hacer algo.
4. Se utiliza para aconsejar a alguien no hacer algo.
5. Se utiliza para ordenar a alguien hacer algo.
6. Se utiliza para ordenar a alguien hacer algo.

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