Non c’erano abbastanza posti sull’autobus, così io e Marco siamo dovuti venire in macchina. Modal verbs: worksheets, printable exercises pdf, handouts to print. La mamma è dovuta andare al supermercato. Marco è voluto partire per gli Stati Uniti, mentre Stefania e Giulia sono volute andare in Inghilterra. Notice how the first one in each ‘chain’ is a conjugation of ‘essere’ and the second one (the past participle) has an ending which agrees with the subject. Look for the chains of three verbs as you did before. Plural subects – masculine: i / feminine: e Singular subjects – masculine: o / feminine: a This is also true of modal verbs used with the ‘essere’ auxiliary. You’ll hopefully remember that the past participle of verbs used with the ‘essere’ auxiliary change their endings according to whether the subject is masculine, feminine, singular or plural. Stefano non ha voluto dare l’esame perché non si sentiva pronto Ho avuto tantissimo da fare e non sono potuto andare alla festa.įrancesca non ha potuto comprare il libro perché aveva dimenticato il portafoglio a casa.Įlisa non è voluta uscire perché era troppo stanca. Sono dovuto rimanere a casa ieri sera perché mia moglie stava poco bene. See if you can identify the chain of three verbs (auxiliary, modal, main verb) in each:Ĭarla ha tanti vestiti e così ha dovuto comprare un altro armadio. (If you don’t know which auxiliary goes with the main verb, go back and study our lesson on the Italian past tense.)īelow are some examples. Simple! Choose ‘essere’ or ‘avere’ as the auxiliary for the modal according to the verb that follows the modal, the main verb, the one in the infinitive form. So, should you use ‘essere’ or ‘avere’ as the auxiliary with the modal verbs ‘dovere’, ‘volere’ and ‘potere’? First, in the exercise on the left, choose the correct modal verb in the present tense, in order to construct a text that makes sense. (buy) bread but I didnt know we needed it. When using them in the past tense, you’ll also need the auxiliary verb, ‘essere’ or ‘avere’, so you end up with three verbs in sequence!Įssere/avere + dovere/volere/potere + infinitive Make the correct past modal form (use could have / would have / should have + past participle) 1) I. The modal verbs potere/dovere/volere are conjugated like any other verb, and followed by the infinitive form of the verb that they ‘modify’. These modalities (ability, permission, advice, etc.) can be practised in the following exercises.This lesson is about using modal verbs in the Italian past tense, the passato prossimo. They are also used in a sentence to express ability, asking permission, making requests and offers, and so on. In this exercise you will practise using modal verbs to express past probability: must have, cant have. Modal verbs (will, can, may, must, etc.) are used to show if something is seen as certain, probable or possible (or not). English grammar practice exercise, intermediate level.
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