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English Grammar for Beginners:

• Unit 1: A, an, some any and the

• Unit 2: Some, any + body/one, + thing, + where

• Unit 3: Personal pronouns and possessives

• Unit 4: Reflexive pronouns, the reciprocal pronoun "each other" and object pronouns

• Unit 5: List of irregular verbs

Intermediate English Grammar:

• Unit 1: The verb "to be"

• Unit 2: The modal verbs "can" and "may"

• Unit 3: The verb "have"

• Unit 4: Have to, must, need not, cannot and should

• Unit 5: The simple present and the present continuous

• Unit 6: The simple past and the past continuous

• Unit 7: The present perfect simple, the simple past, the present perfect continuous, the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous

• Unit 8: The "be going to" form, the present continuous and the future simple

• Unit 9: Irregular verbs

• Unit 10: Conditional sentences

English Grammar Step by Step:

• Contents

• Introduction

• Notes

• Unit 1: Negative and interrogative sentences

• Unit 2: Short answers

• Unit 3: Question tags

• Unit 4: Questions and exclamations

• Unit 5: So, neither, nor, either

• Unit 6: Be, used to, would, be/get/become used to, dare, have, get, become, grow, go, turn, fall and feel

• Unit 7: Verb tenses: forms

• Unit 8: Irregular verbs

• Unit 9: Verb tenses: uses

• Unit 10: Personal pronouns, possessives and reflexive pronouns

• Unit 11: The genitive case

• Unit 12: Singular and plural nouns

• Unit 13: Gender

• Unit 14: A, an, some, any, no, not, none, each, every and the; compounds of some, any, no and every

• Unit 15: Neither, not...either, none, not...any, both and all

• Unit 16: A few, few, a lot, lots, a little, little, many, much, no and plenty

• Unit 17: Enough, too, so and such

• Unit 18: Comparative and superlative sentences

• Unit 19: The adjective order

• Unit 20: Relative clauses

• Unit 21: Do and make

• Unit 22: Modal verbs

• Unit 23: Infinitives, gerunds and present participles

• Unit 24: Conditional sentences

• Unit 25: Passive sentences

• Unit 26: Reported speech

• Unit 27: Purpose

• Unit 28: Word order

• Unit 29: Inversion

• Unit 30: Connectors

• Unit 31: Prepositions

• Unit 32: Phrasal verbs

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Intermediate English Grammar Step by Step

UNIT 2 - The key

THE MODAL VERBS "CAN" and "MAY"

Please notice that there may be other options to the ones provided in this key. Furthermore, a slash (/) has been used to include different alternatives.

1 a can't / cannot, be able to b could c Can, could, can't / cannot d be able to e been able to

2 a could b was able to c could not / couldn't d could e was able to

3 a Can / May / Could b can / may c been allowed to d could e Can

4 a may b may c can d may not e Do you think (that)

5 a may / might, may / might, can't / couldn't b could c can't / couldn't d can't / couldn't e could

6 a Can, can't b was able to c may / could / might d could e can f may g can't h Do you think (that) i can't j can, can't k Can / May / Could, can / may l could m be able to n May / Could o be able to p could / might q been able to r may / could / might s may / could / might t can / may u May v may w could, can't x can't y can't z could

Written by Miquel Molina i Diez

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1. The verb "to be" (the key)

2. The modal verbs "can" and "may" (the key)

3. The verb "have" (the key)

4. Have to, must, need not, cannot and should (the key)

5. The simple present and the present continuous or progressive (the key)

6. The simple past and the past continuous or progressive (the key)

7. The present perfect simple, the simple past, the present perfect continuous (or progressive), the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous (or progressive) (the key)

8. The "be going to" form, the present continuous and the future simple (the key)

9. Irregular verbs

10. Conditional sentences (the key)

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