MODAL VERBS II: CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO

CAN, COULD and BE ABLE TO are used to express a range of meanings related to mood and modality in English: ability, permission, possiblity...

CAN, COULD are MODAL VERBS, whereas BE ABLE TO is a pseudo modal structure which concords with the subject of the sentence by means of the verb TO BE. BE ABLE TO is always followed by infinitive.
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BE ABLE TO. GRAMMAR. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

CAN, COULD. GRAMMAR. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

MODAL VERBS I. CAN, COULD, MUST, SHOULD BASICS.

What do you know about modal verbs? 

A lot! You only have to pay attention to the following pics and practice to learn more about them.

This post explains the basics of modal verbs together with CAN/CAN'T COULD/COULDN'T , MUST and SHOULD.
Do the quizz after reading the presentation!!

Now , let us practice using activities in different levels: