NAME-SIDAK SINGH
SALUJA
CLASS-9
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‘D’
ENGLISH PROJECT
Modals
(Modal Verbs)
What are They ?
can
could
may might
must
should
will
shall
would
ought to
have to
have got to
We use Modal verbs to talk about an ability/a duty/
a need /a necessity/wanting
ןוצר םיאטבמ ולא םילעפ,הבוח ,ךרוצ ,חרכה ,תלוכי...
Modals
What is special about them?
Modal verbs behave very
differently from normal verbs.
Here are some important differences:
ולא םילעפ"םיגהנתמ "םירחא םילעפמ הנוש ןפואב .
םיבושח םילדבה רפסמ וגצוי ךשמהב:
How?
1.Modal verbsare always followed by a verb in
its base form.
EXAMPLES:
He canspeakChinese.
Compare: I speak Chinese.
He speaksChinese
You maytakethe book to school.
She maytakethe book to school.
Compare: You takethe books to school.
She takes the books to school.
הלא םילעפ רחאל ,ולש רוקמה תרוצב לעופ דימת עיפוי.
2. Modal verbsdo not take "-s" in the third
person in the present simple.
EXAMPLES:
•He speaksChinese.
•He canspeakChinese. (NOT-He cans speak…)
•She eatsa sandwich at 9:30
•She mayeat a sandwich at 9:30.
הלא םילעפ רחאל ,ולש רוקמה תרוצב לעופ דימת עיפוי.
םהינשל , ףסוותת אלS דיחי ישילש ףוגב.
How?
3. You use "not" to make modal verbs
negative, even in Simple Present and
Simple Past.
(We don’t use the helping verb “do”)
EXAMPLES:
He should notbelate.
They might notcometo the party.
Compare: I don’t like to be late.
I cannoteatany more cakes.
I don’t eatcarrot cakes.
הלא םילעפ לש הלילשה תרוצ תא רוציל ידכ ,
ב שמתשנ- not רזעה לעופ אללdo.
How?
4. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the
past tenses or the future tenses.
EXAMPLES:
He willcango with us.WRONG
She muststudiedvery hard. WRONG
הלאה םילעפה בורב ,דיתעב וא רבעב שמתשהל ןתינ אל.
How?
•Many modal verbs cannot be used
in all of the English tenses. That's
why we need to know their
meaning and the substitute for
these modal verbs.
Modal Verbs and their
substitutes
לכב שומישל םינתינ םניא הלא םילעפמ קלחש ןוויכ
םינמזה ,ךירצ המב ןיבהל ונילע/ ףילחהל רשפא
םתוא.
will-will not -won’t
We use this modal to speak about
future actions that we are sure/
convinced about.
תולועפ לע רבדל ידכ הלא םילעפב םישמתשמ
םיחוטב ונאש/דיתעב הנשחרתתש םיענכושמ.
Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow
will beWednesday.
= I know it because this is a known
fact.
We will not bein the office
tomorrow.
= I know it because he is going on
vacation.
will-will not(=won’t)
Can –Could –Be able to
We use these modals to express:
•General ability/ disability
•possibility / impossibility
•opportunity
•Permission
•request
אטבל הלא םילעפב םישמתשמ:
•תלוכי /תלוכי רסוח
• תונמדזה
• תושר /תושר תשקב
Can
I canwalk.
= I have the general abilityto do
the action of walking.
I can’thear you, it is too noisy.
=I don’t have the abilityto hear what
you are saying because of the noise.
Can
I have some free time. I canhelp her
now.
=I have the opportunityto help her.
I can'thelp hernow because I don't
have any time.
=I don’t have the opportunity to help her.
Can Could
In the past, can changes to could.
He couldspeak only Hebrew when
he was a kid. He couldn’tspeak to
his neighbor who speaks only English.
(General ability)
Practice time-can/could
•I maychoose to wear the red dress
to the party.
=I have two dresses. There is a chance that I will
choose to wear the red dress and not the blue
one.
•Today, he maycome on time.
=Although usually he comes late,
There is a possibility that today he will come on
time.
יוכיס
תידיתע תלוכי
may
•MayI come to visit you at 5 o’clock?
=I want to come to you but I’m not sure that you
want me to come/that you will be at home/that
you will let me enter.
•You maytake only one candy.
=Although there are more candies, I permit you
to take only one of them!
תושר תשקב /תושר ןתמ
may
•Wemaycome on time, but if you
miss the bus, we mightbe late.
=I plan to come on time and this is why I I want
to catch the 7:15 bus.
If I catch the 7:30 bus, I can come on time or
not, I’m not sure.
•If you advertise on the Internet you
mightget a lot of spam to your e-
mail box.
=Although you don’t want to get spam, there’s a
risk that you will get it.
might
should
=advice or a strong suggestion.
הצע תתל ידכ הז לעופב םישמתשמ ,
םיתיעל"הל ברסל רשפא יאש הצלמה"
•If you want to be a champion you
shouldpractice every day.
=You don’t have to practice but then, you will
not get better.
•When you make a cheese cake, you
shouldfirst check that you have
cheese.
-or else, it will not be a cheese cake
must -mustn’t
Must –very strong advice/ obligation
Mustn't –things you're not allowed to
do.רוסא
ידכ הלא םילעפב םישמתשמ:
• וא הצע תתל"הל ברסל רשפא יאש הצלמה"
• הבוח אטבל
•She is sick. She has high fever. She
musttake a pill.
= very strong advice/ obligation
•You mustn’tride your bike without a
helmet!
= you're not allowed to do. (רוסא )