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Ampliando la información brindada en la Lección N° 64, diremos que los verbos modales (antes denominados defectivos), también tienen las siguiente características:
- No tienen infinitivo
- No llevan -s- en las terceras personas del singular del tiempo presente:
She can speak English
Peter can drive his car
- No tienen forma continua
- No tienen participio presente, es decir no se le puede agregar - ing - al verbo can
- No usan DO ni DOES para las formas negativas, interrogativas y respuestas cortas
VERBO TO CAN (Poder)
Esta es la conjugación del verbo CAN (Poder)
I can = Yo puedo
You can = Tu puedes
He can = El puede
She can = Ella puede
It can = Eso puede (ello puede)
We can = Nosotros podemos
You can = Ustedes pueden
They can = Ellos pueden
Aplicando en oraciones
Oraciones afirmativas
1) I can see him tomorrow
2) You can study five hours
3) Tom can do it
4) Susan can phone you tomorrow
5) The dog can run ten blocks
6) We can travel to London
7) You can write nice poems
8) They can eat pizza for dinner
Oraciones negativas
1) I can not (can't) see him tomorrow
2) You can not (can't) study five hours
3) Tom can not (can't) do it
4) Susan can not (can't) phone you tomorrow
5) The dog can not (can't) run ten blocks
6) We can not (can't) travel to London
7) You can not (can't) write nice poems
8) They can not (can't) eat pizza for dinner
Oraciones interrogativas y respuestas cortas
1) Can you see him tomomorrow? (Yes, I can / No, I can not)
2) Can you study five hours? (Yes, you can/ No, you can not)
3) Can Tom do it? (Yes, he can / No, he can not)
4) Can Susan phone you tomomorrow? (Yes, she can / No, she can not)
5) Can the dog run ten blocks? (Yes, it can/ No, it can not)
6) Can we travel to London? (Yes, we can / No, we can not)
7) Can you write nice poems? (Yes, you can / No, you can not)
8) Can they eat pizza for dinner? (Yes, they can / No, they can not)
