EF3/4 How to use modals

Sarah can speak French.
John might come to the party.

can + to speak (infinitive - "to")

infinitive = to go, to eat, to study, to walk


Sarah can to speak French. XXX
John might to come to the party. XXX
Sarah can speaking French. XXX
John might coming to the party. XXX

Sarah can to speak French.
John might to come to the party.

Children must do their homework.
Children must to do their homework.

Can I to borrow a pen?
Can I borrow a pen?

Yes, I can lend/loan you a pen.

give and take
lend/loan and borrow

You should come to school every weekday.


M-F weekday
S-S weekend
long weekend

We must to finish our work.
We must finish our work.

We have to to finish our work.
We have to finish our work.


be able to
Maria is able to to go to the party.
Maria is able to go to the party.

Children must respect their parents.
We will take a break.
We could take a break.

We could took a break. XXX

PRESENT TENSE
She is supposed to call her sister.
PAST TENSE
She was supposed to call her sister last night.

She was supposed to called her sister last night. XXX

Mary used to do yoga when she was in Calgary.
used to = something you did in the past, not now

Sarah used to live in Toronto.
Sarah used to live in Toronto, but now she lives in Burnaby.
When we were children, we used to play after school.
I used to work at a clothing store in the mall.

We will go for a drive to Whistler tomorrow.
We are going to go for a drive to Whistler tomorrow.