What’s on the Modal Verbs poster
A 6-row table: Verb · Means · ich / wir.
All six change their vowel in the singular.
- können — can, be able — kann / können
- müssen — must, have to — muss / müssen
- wollen — want to — will / wollen
- sollen — should, ought — soll / sollen
- dürfen — may, be allowed — darf / dürfen
- mögen — like — mag / mögen
Ich muss nicht means 'I do not have to', not 'I must not'. For prohibition use ich darf nicht.
Questions about the Modal Verbs poster
- What’s on the Modal Verbs poster?
- A 6-row table: Verb · Means · ich / wir. All six change their vowel in the singular. können — can, be able — kann / können; müssen — must, have to — muss / müssen; wollen — want to — will / wollen; sollen — should, ought — soll / sollen; dürfen — may, be allowed — darf / dürfen; mögen — like — mag / mögen. Ich muss nicht means 'I do not have to', not 'I must not'. For prohibition use ich darf nicht.
- Who is the Modal Verbs poster for?
- Modal Verbs belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Modal Verbs poster?
- The modal is conjugated and second; the main verb is an infinitive at the end. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Modal Verbs belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Modal Verbs?
- Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside Modal Verbs in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
- Is the Modal Verbs poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Modal Verbs downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Modal Verbs poster print at?
- Modal Verbs is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Modal Verbs loses nothing.Printing guide
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