2. What are They ?
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
...יכולת ,הכרח ,צורך ,חובה,רצון מבטאים אלו פעלים
4. What is special about them?
What is special about them?
Modal verbs behave very
differently from normal verbs.
Here are some important differences:
.אחרים מפעלים שונה באופן ""מתנהגים אלו פעלים
:חשובים הבדלים מספר יוצגו בהמשך
5. How
How
?
?
1. Modal verbs are always followed by a verb in
its base form
base form.
EXAMPLES:
He can speak
speak Chinese.
Compare: I speak Chinese.
He speaks
speaks Chinese
You may take
take the book to school.
She may take
take the book to school.
Compare: You take
take the books to school.
She takes
takes the books to school.
.שלו המקור בצורת פועל תמיד יופיע ,אלה פעלים לאחר
6. 2
.
Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third
person in the present simple
.
EXAMPLES:
• He speaks
speaks Chinese.
• He can speak
speak Chinese. (NOT- He cans speak…)
• She eats
eats a sandwich at 9:30
• She may eat
eat a sandwich at 9:30.
.שלו המקור בצורת פועל תמיד יופיע ,אלה פעלים לאחר
תתווסף לא ,לשניהם
S
.יחיד שלישי בגוף
How
How
?
?
7. 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 not be
be late.
They might not come
come to the party.
Compare: I don’t like to be late.
I cannot eat
eat any more cakes.
I don’t eat
eat carrot cakes.
,אלה פעלים של השלילה צורת את ליצור כדי
-ב נשתמש
not
העזר פועל ללא
do
.
How
How
?
?
8. 4
.
Many modal verbs cannot be used in the
past tenses or the future tenses
.
EXAMPLES:
He will can go with us. WRONG
She must studied very hard. WRONG
.בעתיד או בעבר להשתמש ניתן לא ,האלה הפעלים ברוב
How
How
?
?
9. • 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
Modal Verbs and their
substitutes
substitutes
בכל לשימוש ניתנים אינם אלה מפעלים שחלק כיוון
להחליף אפשר/צריך במה להבין עלינו ,הזמנים
.אותם
10. will- will not - won
will- will not - won’
’t
t
We use this modal to speak about
future actions that we are sure/
convinced about.
פעולות על לדבר כדי אלה בפעלים משתמשים
.בעתיד שתתרחשנה משוכנעים/בטוחים שאנו
11. Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow
will be
will be Wednesday.
= I know it because this is a known
fact.
We will not be
will not be in the office
tomorrow.
= I know it because he is going on
vacation.
will- will not(=won
will- will not(=won’
’t)
t)
12. Can
Can –
– Could
Could –
–Be able to
Be able to
We use these modals to express:
• General ability/ disability
• possibility / impossibility
• opportunity
• Permission
• request
:לבטא אלה בפעלים משתמשים
•
יכולת חוסר /יכולת
•
הזדמנות
•
רשות בקשת / רשות
13. Can
Can
I can
can walk.
= I have the general ability to do
the action of walking.
I can’t
can’t hear you, it is too noisy.
=I don’t have the ability to hear what
you are saying because of the noise.
14. Can
Can
I have some free time. I can
can help her
now.
=I have the opportunity to help her.
I can't
can't help her now because I don't
have any time.
=I don’t have the opportunity to help her.
15. Can
Can Could
Could
In the past, can changes to could.
He could
could speak only Hebrew when
he was a kid. He couldn
couldn’
’t
t speak to
his neighbor who speaks only English.
(General ability)
Practice time-can/could
17. • I may
may choose 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 may
may come on time.
=Although usually he comes late,
There is a possibility that today he will come on
time.
סיכוי
עתידית יכולת
may
may
18. • May
May I 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 may
may take only one candy.
=Although there are more candies, I permit you
to take only one of them!
רשות מתן / רשות בקשת
may
may
20. • We may
may come on time, but if you
miss the bus, we might
might be 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
might
might get 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
might
21. should
should
= advice or a strong suggestion.
,עצה לתת כדי זה בפועל משתמשים
"לה לסרב אפשר שאי "המלצה לעיתים
22. • If you want to be a champion you
should
should practice every day.
=You don’t have to practice but then, you will
not get better.
• When you make a cheese cake, you
should
should first check that you have
cheese.
-or else, it will not be a cheese cake
23. must - mustn
must - mustn’
’t
t
Must – very strong advice/ obligation
Mustn't – things you're not allowed to
do.אסור
:כדי אלה בפעלים משתמשים
•
"לה לסרב אפשר שאי "המלצה או עצה לתת
•
חובה לבטא
24. • She is sick. She has high fever. She
must
must take a pill.
= very strong advice/ obligation
• You mustn
mustn’
’t
t ride your bike without a
helmet!
= you're not allowed to do.()אסור
26. have to - has to
have to - has to
had to
had to –
– will have to
will have to
= it is necessary
=shows obligation and giving advice.
have to/has to –in the present/near future
had to –in the past
will have to –in the future
27. • I have to
have to clean my room.
(My mother forces me to do it.)
• She has to
has to finish the test before the
bell rings.
(After the bell rings, you can’t go on answering
the questions.)
• Gail Devers had to
had to take radiation
therapy for her decease.
(…to get well.)
• At the end of the 8th
grade we will
will
have to
have to leave our school.
(…and go to high school.)
28. don
don’
’t have to
t have to
doesn
doesn’
’t have to
t have to
Don't have to / Doesn't have to
= it isn't necessary
Practice time-have/has to
29. Ought to
Ought to –
– be supposed to
be supposed to
–
– be allowed to
be allowed to
• Ought to =חייב
• be supposed to= we expect him/her
to
• be allowed to = permission someone
will let/permit him do it.
30. • That’s a great movie. You ought
ought to see it!
(or You must
must see it.)
• The teacher is supposed to
is supposed to base the
grades on the tests and assignments.
• On Friday, the students in our school don’t
have to
have to wear the school uniform. They are
allowed to
allowed to wear any color they want. (They
are permitted to
are permitted to / They can
can even wear a pink
shirt with yellow stripes.)
31. (
(
be
be
)
)
able to
able to
be able to show an ability.
-I don’t know when I will be ready. I
will be able to
will be able to give you an answer
later.
-Is he able to
able to do it? Yes, he knows
how to do it and has time to do it.
(=Can
Can he do it?)
33. • 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
Modal Verbs and their
substitutes
substitutes
בכל לשימוש ניתנים אינם אלה מפעלים שחלק כיוון
להחליף אפשר/צריך במה להבין עלינו ,הזמנים
.אותם
34. Practice time
Practice time
• Exercise on modal verbs and their substitutes
• Exercise - modal verb or substitute
• Exercise on 'must not' and 'need not' (for soccer fans)
• http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-
1/exercise-english-476.php
• http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-
1/exercise-english-443.php
• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-
verbs/exercises
• http://www.agendaweb.org/verb/modals.html
