USO DEL CAN & SHOULD

Podemos usar  “can” para hablar sobre posibilidades

• Can you do that?
• I can't manage to do that.
• You can leave your car in that parking space.
• You cannot smoke in here.

Nota que hay dos formas negativas : “can’t” y  “cannot”. Estas dos expresiones significan exactamente lo mismo. Cuando estamos hablando, usualmente decimos “can’t”

Usamos  “can” para hablar acerca de habilidades:

• I can speak French.
• I can't drive.

Usamos “can” para dar y conceder permiso. ( Tambien usamos “may”  para esto pero es más formal y mucho menos común )

• Can I speak to you or are you too busy?
• You can use my phone.
• You can't come in.

Usamos “can” para hacer ofrecimientos, preguntas e instrucciones.

• Can I help?
• Can you give me a hand?
• When you finish that, you can take out the garbage.

Usamos “can” con las siguientes expresiones  'see',  'hear',  'feel',  'smell'  o  'taste' para hablar sobre lo que está sucediendo ahora.

·         I can smell something burning.

·         Can you hear that noise?

• I can't see anything.

Podemos usar tambien “can” para deducciones ( En este ejemplo “MUST”  funciona como contrario de “CAN’T” )

• You can't be hungry. You've just eaten.
• You must be hungry. You haven't eaten anything all day.
• He was in London one hour ago when I spoke to him. He can't be here yet.

 Ejercicio 1 – Relaciona las dos columnas con el fin de armar la oración correcta




Podemos usar “should” para dar un consejo

·         You should speak to him about it.

·         You should see a doctor.

• You should ask a lawyer.

Usamos “should” para dar una opinión o recomendación

·         We should invest more in China.

·         They should do something about this terrible train service.

• He should resign.

'Should'  se emplea para expresar una opinión personal y es mucho más relajada que las expresiones “must”  o “have to”. Generalmente es presentada de manera similar a la expresión “ I Think” ( Yo creo)

• I think they should replace him.
• I don't think they should keep the contract.
• Do you think I should tell her?

Ejercicio 1- Relaciona las dos columnas con el fin de armar la oración correcta

 

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FUTURO CON GOING TO

  Usamos “going to” cuando queremos hablar sobre planes para el futuro

• I'm going to see him later today.
• We're going to have lunch first.
• They're going to marry next month.
• She's going to see what she can do.
• I'm not going to talk for very long.

Nota que estos planes no tienen que ser para un futuro inmediato

• When I retire I'm going to go back to Barbados to live.
• In ten years time, I'm going to be boss of my own successful company.

Usamos “going to” cuando queremos hacer una predicción basada en evidencia que podemos visualizar al momento

·         Look out! That cup is going to fall off.

·         Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain soon.

• These figures are really bad. We're going to make a loss.
• You look very tired. You're going to need to stop soon.

Podemos reemplazar  “going to” por  “going”

·         I'm going out later.

• She's going to the exhibition tomorrow.

Ejercicio 1- Une las dos columnas con el fin de armar las oraciones de manera correcta

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