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Modals of Ability and Possibility Guide

This document discusses modals of ability and possibility in English. It provides examples of how modals like can, could, be able to are used to express ability in the past, present and future. It also explains how modals like may, might, could are used to express possibilities. The modals are organized in a table according to their tense and whether they indicate general or specific abilities.

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Modals of Ability and Possibility Guide

This document discusses modals of ability and possibility in English. It provides examples of how modals like can, could, be able to are used to express ability in the past, present and future. It also explains how modals like may, might, could are used to express possibilities. The modals are organized in a table according to their tense and whether they indicate general or specific abilities.

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22/3/2020 GoConqr - Editando: ABILITY AND POSSIBILITY

ABILITY AND POSSIBILITY

MODALS OF ABILITY MODALS OF POSSIBILITY

MAY MIGHT COULD


PAST PRESENT FUTURE

An ability For specific


For both general and For general
For general For specific someone had in
specific ability ability ability
ability ability the past, but We use these modals to describe a possible action. 
didn't use

WILL /
CAN /CAN´T WON'T BE CAN / CAN'T
COULD/ WAS ABLE TO /
COULDN'T COULDN'T COULD + HAVE + ABLE TO
PAST PARTICIPLE -I may go traveling next year. (future possibility)

-My keys might be in the car. (present possibility)

-She can speak English. -He could finish his project tonight. (possibility)


I can help you
I could read when I He called us -He can't drive – he's too tired. -At the end of the tomorrow
was [Link] couldn't because he couldn't I could have course, you will be
dance at all until he find the house. played the piano able to make your
took lessons. well but I didn't own website.
I couldn't open the
practise enough.
window.

 General ability: This is something that once ABILITY ABD POSSIBILITY


you have learned you can do any time you
want. ENGLISH C2 GROUP 06
 
 Specific ability: This mean something that
you can or can't do in one particular situation. YOSELIN RETAMA CORNEJO 
 

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