8. Resumen verbos modales
Modal verbs
Tabla resumen de los usos principales
| can/could | Poder o saber hacer algo | I can swim |
| En las frases negativas, prohibición | You cannot enter | |
| Permiso | Could I borrow your pen? |
| may/might | Pedir permiso | Might I open the window? |
| Posibilidad | He may come later |
| shall | Futuro con la 1ª persona del singular y del plural | I shall go |
| Sugerencias u ofrecimientos | Shall we enter? | |
| should | Deber u obligación mitigada | I should sleep |
| Dar consejos | You should study | |
| Auxiliar de condicional en 1ª persona del singular y plural | We should work |
| will | Auxiliar de futuro | I will buy it |
| Peticiones corteses e invitaciones | Will you come with me? | |
| Voluntad | I will do it | |
| would | Auxiliar de condicional | He would pass the exam |
| Hábitos del pasado | She would dance | |
| Invitaciones y peticiones corteses | Would you have a cup of tea? |
| must | Obligación | I must work |
| Suposición o deducción | She must be hungry | |
| Prohibición | You mustn't kill |
| ought to | Dar consejos o recomendaciones | You ought not to drive fast |
| Suposición o deducción | He ought to be at home |
| need | Ausencia de obligación | You needn't go to school today |
| dare | Atreverse a hacer algo (negativas e interrogativas) | Dare you go in? |
| used to | Hábitos del pasado | I used to live here |