Modal Verbs — Fehlerkorrektur 1

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1. She cans speak four languages.

   Korrigiert:

   → She can speak four languages. (Modalverben bekommen kein -s in der 3. Person Singular.)

2. Does he can drive a lorry?

   Korrigiert:

   → Can he drive a lorry? (Modalverben bilden Fragen ohne do/does.)

3. You must not come if you’re busy — I’ll manage on my own.

   Korrigiert:

   → You don’t have to come if you’re busy — I’ll manage on my own. (mustn’t = Verbot; don’t have to = keine Verpflichtung.)

4. She should to call him before she leaves.

   Korrigiert:

   → She should call him before she leaves. (Nach Modalverben steht der Infinitiv ohne to.)

5. You should have to told me about the problem earlier.

   Korrigiert:

   → You should have told me about the problem earlier. (Modal Perfect: Modalverb + have + Past Participle — kein to.)

6. I must work late yesterday because the deadline was moved forward.

   Korrigiert:

   → I had to work late yesterday because the deadline was moved forward. (must hat keine Vergangenheitsform — Ersatzform: had to.)

7. He can’t have been at the party — he must be at home all night.

   Korrigiert:

   → He can’t have been at the party — he must have been at home all night. (Schlussfolgerung über die Vergangenheit → Modal Perfect: must have been.)

8. You’d better to leave now or you’ll miss the train.

   Korrigiert:

   → You’d better leave now or you’ll miss the train. (had better steht immer mit dem Infinitiv ohne to.)