When I was a child I used to be able to play the guitar really well. When I was a child I could play the guitar really well. We can use it instead of ‘could’ with the use of past ability, for example:
MODAL VERBS EXERCISES FOR BEGINNERS FREE
See also the free worksheet Modal Verbs – Revision Page for more information: modal-verbs-revision-pageĥ.4.5 Another construction which is connected with modal verbs is ‘ used to’. For example, the past of ‘can’ is often ‘could’ (see below). There are other options for the past and future forms of modal verbs, including ‘must’ and ‘can’. In fact, we never put two modal verbs side by side in a sentence: We cannot say: ‘I canned buy a new dress yesterday.’ (past) or ‘I will can buy a new dress tomorrow.’ ‘can’ has no past or future forms, so we conjugate ‘be able to’ to make ‘was/were able to’ (past) and ‘will be able to’ (future): We cannot say: ‘I musted go to the bank yesterday.’ (past) or ‘I will must go to the bank tomorrow.’ ‘must’ has no past or future forms, so we conjugate ‘have to’ to make ‘had to’ (past) and ‘will have to’ (future): To make the past and future forms of some modal verbs we can use other constructions, which are like modal verbs:īe able to (which conjugates ‘can’ and ‘could’)īe allowed to (which conjugates ‘must not’ and ‘may’ and ‘might’)
For example:ĥ.4.4 Like other auxiliary verbs, a modal verb cannot be conjugated: it always keeps the same form and does not have an infinitive, s form, past tense, past participle, or ing form. (See Lesson 4.6 Auxiliary Verbs.) While the three primary auxiliary verbs ( be, do, and have) help the main verb to make the tense, modal auxiliary verbs help the main verb to express a group of meanings (or ‘modes’), including permission, possibility, necessity, and more.ĥ.4.2 There are nine modal auxiliary verbs in English:ĥ.4.3 A modal verb is always followed by the bare infinitive form of the verb (without to). 5.4.1 Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs, which are a kind of ‘helping’ verb – they help the main verb to make the sentence.
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