Modales

CAN.

COULD.

TO BE ABLE TO.
Si queremos hablar de una habilidad concreta en el pasado, se utiliza:
TO BE ABLE TO (Ser capaz de)
Be able to NO es un verbo modal. Pero se utiliza como sinnimo de Can en cualquier
tiempo verbal.

Estructura del verbo To be able to.

sujeto + be + able to + infinitivo
AFIRMATIVA

NEGATIVA

INTERROGATIVA

I am able to swim

Im not able to swim

Am I able to swim?

He is able to swim

He isnt able to swim

Is he able to swim?

They are able to swim

They arent able to swim

Are they able to swim?

Para formar el tiempo pasado se pondr el verbo TO BE en pasado.

AFIRMATIVA

NEGATIVA

INTERROGATIVA

I was able to swim

I wasnt able to swim

Was I able to swim?

(Yo saba nadar)

(Yo no saba nadar)

(Saba nadar yo?)

You were able to swim

You werent able to swim

Were you able to swim?

(Tu sabas nadar)

(Tu no sabas nadar)

(Saba nadar yo?)

He was able to swim

He wasnt able to swim

Was he able to swim?

(l saba nadar)

(l no saba nadar)

(Saba nadar l?)

They were able to swim

They werent able to

swim

Were they able to swim?

(Ellos saban nadar)

(Ellos no saban nadar)

(Saban nadar ellos?)

MUST.

HAVE TO.