Can / Can't
- subject + can + V1
- subject + can't / cannot + V1
- Can + subject + V1?
- ability / permission / request
Modal verbs
Express ability, advice, obligation and permission with can, could, should, must and have to — clear rules and examples.
- Present tense9 cards
- Past tense6 cards
- Future tense3 cards
- Articles2 cards
- Nouns3 cards
- Pronouns5 cards
- Verbs2 cards
- Verb patterns3 cards
- Modal verbs6 cards
- Adverbs3 cards
- Quantity5 cards
- Questions2 cards
- Conditionals2 cards
- Prepositions4 cards
- Adjective comparisons1 card
- Linking words1 card
- Phrasal verbs1 card
- Confusable verbs1 card
- Idioms2 cards
Could
- past of can: I could swim at five
- couldn't = was not able
- Could you...? = polite request
May / Might
- maybe: It may/might rain
- might = a bit less sure
- May I...? = formal permission
Should / Shouldn't
- subject + should + V1
- subject + shouldn't + V1
- Should + subject + V1?
- advice / recommendation
Have to
- I/you/we/they + have to + V1
- he/she/it + has to + V1
- don't / doesn't have to + V1
- Do/Does + subject + have to + V1?
- don't have to does not mean mustn't
Must / Mustn't
- subject + must + V1
- subject + mustn't + V1 = FORBIDDEN
- Must + subject + V1?
- present form only