Grammar in Topic 4 Year 2 (3)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Grammar in Topic 4

Indirect Speech

Modal verbs

The Passive

Modal verbs

MODAL VERBS

Modal verbs 

Om aan te geven dat je iets kan, moet, mag, zou moeten, niet mag, niet kan etc. gebruik je modale hulpwerkwoorden oftewel modal verbs. 

Een modal verb in zijn eentje komt niet voor: er volgt altijd een ander werkwoord op. Je mag IETS niet, je moet IETS. Dat IETS geef je aan door een ander werkwoord. 

Voorbeelden:

Will                      Will you help me with this?

Would                She would do much better if she listened to my advice.

Would like        I would like to eat pizza tonight

Can                     He can speak French.

Could                Could you tell me what time it is? 

                             (verleden tijd & beleefde vorm van ‘Can’)

May                    May I ask you what happened?

Might                There might be snow tomorrow.

Should             You should give him more time

Reported Speech

Direct speech:

The teacher said, 'You don't need your books today.'

Change step 1:

'You don't need your books today,' our teacher told us.

Change step 1 (lose quotation marks & comma):

The teacher said, 'You don't need your books.'

The teacher said you don't need your books.

Change step 1:

'You don't need your books today,' our teacher told us.

Change step 2 (change pronouns):

The teacher said you don't need your books.

The teacher said we don't need our books.

Change step 1:

'You don't need your books today,' our teacher told us.

Change step 3 (change verb tense):

The teacher said we don't need our books.

The teacher said we didn't need our books.

Change step 1:

'You don't need your books today,' our teacher told us.

Reported speech (indirect speech):

The teacher said we didn't need our books.