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WorksheetsModal verbs - German
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
dürfen
to be able to
to be allowed to
to be supposed to
to want
können
to be able to
to be allowed to
to want
to have to
to want
wollen
werden
sollen
können
sollen
supposed to/should
to be able to
to want
to like
Infinitive of 'to like'
wollen
machen
mögen
möchten
müssen
to be supposed to
to be able to
to have to
to like
Present tense - können - ICH
könnte
kann
kannst
konnte
Present tense - dürfen - ich
dürf
durf
darf
darfe
Present tense - müssen - ich
müssen
musste
muss
müsse
Past tense - müssen - ich
muss
musste
müss
mussten
Past tense - können - ich
kann
könnten
konnte
kannen
Past tense - dürfen - ich
durfte
darften
dürf
darf
Modal verbs usually feature with.....
an infinitive verb (-en ending)
a past participle
nothing else - they are always alone
at least 2 other verbs
Ich musste saubermachen =
I need to tidy up
I had to clean up
I am able to clean up
I wanted to tidy up
Ich wollte mein Deutsch verbessern =
I will improve my German
I am going to improve my German
I wanted to improve my German
I can improve my German
Ich konnte nicht verstehen =
I can understand
I couldn't understand
I wanted to understand
I liked not understanding
Wir durften ins Kino gehen =
We were allowed to go to the cinema
We wanted to go to the cinema
We should have gone to the cinema
We liked going to the cinema
ich möchte = I would like
Richtig
Falsch
Ich mochte = I would like
Richtig
Falsch
Ich musste Kunden bedienen =
I have to serve customers
I can serve customers
I was allowed to serve customers
I had to serve customers
