CAN y sus equivalentes. indican habilidad fisica o capacidad mental. Su equivalente en espaol corresponde al verbo PODER.

Ejemplos: He CAN walk to the bookshop. She CAN solve the problem.

CAN puede ser usado para expresar ideas en presente o en futuro, pero nunca en pasado. Ejemplo: Nancy CAN run next weekend. CAN and their equivalents. indicate physical ability or mental capacity. Its Spanish equivalent is the verb POWER. Examples: I CAN walk to the bookshop. She CAN solve the problem. CAN can be used to express ideas in present or future, but never in the past. Example: Nancy CAN run next weekend.

COULD como forma de pasado de CAN indica tambin habilidad fsica o capacidad mental. En este caso se emplea para accin en el pasado, dentro de la misma oracin haciendo las veces de adverbio de tiempo. Ejemplo: He COULD read the thermometer when she was in high school. Ejemplo: He COULD start now. He COULD write the report if he had a computer. Could past as a form of CAN also indicates physical ability or mental capacity. In this case is used to share in the last sentence in the same acting as an adverb of time. Example: I COULD read the thermometer When She Was In high school. Example: Could I start now. Could I write the report if I Had A computer. May indica la posibilidad en el lenguaje de la ciencia, esta posibilidad puede referirse al presente o al futuro. Ejemplos: It MAY rain today. It MAY rain tomorrow. Tambin indica permiso para ejecutar o realizar una accin. Ejemplo: Helen MAY accept the invitation. We MAY go to the beach. May indicate the possibility in the language of science, this possibility may relate topresent or future. Examples: It MAY rain today. It MAY rain tomorrow. It also indicates permission to execute or perform an action. Example: Helen MAY accept the invitation. We MAY go to the beach. May indicate the possibility in the language of science, this possibility may relate topresent or future. Examples: It MAY rain today. It MAY rain tomorrow. It also indicates permission to execute or perform an action.

Example: Helen MAY accept the invitation. We MAY go to the beach. SHOULD indican obligacin de la cual se puede prescindir. Indica ms bien una recomendacin, sugerencia sobre algo que debe hacerse. Ejemplos: We SHOULD invite Mr. and Mrs Taylor to the concert. SHOULD indicate which requirement may be dispensed. Indicates rather a recommendation, suggestion about something to be done. Examples: We SHOULD invite Mr. and Mrs Taylor to the concert. WOULD indica el pasado equivalente de WILL. Ejemplo: I WILL see you tomorrow. I told you that I WOULD see you tomorrow. WOULD se utiliza tambin en las oraciones condicionales, es decir, en aquellas oraciones formadas por dos clusulas Ejemplos: If he Has time, he WILL do the homework.

Indicates the past WOULD WILL equivalent. Example: I WILL see you tomorrow. I Told You That I WOULD see you tomorrow. WOULD is also used in conditional clauses, ie those sentences formed by two clauses Examples: If I have time, I WILL do the homework.

MIGHT corresponde al pasado de MAY para indicar posibilidad, cuando en la oracin hay otra accin en pasado. Su equivalente en este caso es PUDO/PODIA. Ejemplos: He says that he MAY come early. He said that he MIGHT come early. Might MAY corresponds to the past to indicate possibility, when prayer is another pastaction. Its equivalent here is COULD / COULD. Examples: He says That I MAY eat early. I Said That I Might eat early.

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