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CAN = BE ABLE TO

haven´t been able to sleep recently.

Tom might be able to come to the party .

won´t be able to lend you my car tomorrow.

 

COULD= WAS / WERE ABLE TO = MANAGED TO

 

could smell burning when I went into the house.

My grandfather could speak five languages.

 

The fire spread through the building quickly but everybody was able to escape.

They didn´t want to come with us at first but we managed to persuade them.

 

MUST and CAN´T

 

You have been travelling all day. You must be tired.

Have you won the lottery? You must be joking.

You have just had lunch. You can´t be hungry already.

 

MAY, MIGHT, COULD 

 

The phone is ringing. It could be Tom.

It might not be true.

She may know.

Don´t phone me at 8:30. I might be watching the football match.

 

MUST = HAVE TO

 

I haven´t phoned Ann for ages. I must phone her tonight. 

 

You can´t turn right here. You have to turn left. /because of the traffic system/

ve got to work tomorrow.

 

!!!!!! mustn´t!!!!

You mustn´t smoke in this building. /it is forbidden/

 

SHOULD = OUGHT TO          HAD BETTER

 

I think the government should do more to help homeless people.

You shouldn´t believe everything you read in the newspapers.

Jack ought not to go to bed so late.

 

It´s cold today. You had better wear a coat when you go out.

The film starts at 8:30. You had better go now or you ´ll be late.

 

COULD

MUST

CAN´T

MIGHT                     +   HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

MAY

NEEDN´T

SHOULD

She couldn´t have seen me.

Yesterday, I wanted to visit my friends. I rung the doorbell but nobody answered it. They must have gone out.

Tom walked straight into a wall. He can´t have seen it.

I can´t find my bag anywhere. I might have left it in the shop.

I wonder why Kay didn´t come. She may have been asleep.

Joe wen out yesterday. He thought it was going to rain so he took his umbrella with him, but it didn´t. He needn´t have taken the umbrella.

I am feeling sick. I shouldn´t have eaten so much chocolate.

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