Workshop #8
Modal Verbs
CAN TO & COULD TO
ADVICE
совет
OBLIGATION
обязательство
General ability
Permission (informal)
Request
SHOULD TO
You should go there, it will be so much fun!
We shouldn’t be late, otherwise the teacher will punish us...
Should I finish my project by Monday?
General ability (past)
Permission (formal)
Request (polite)
MUST TO
about yourself and to your children
обязательство перед собой
MUSTN’T = нельзя
PROBABILITY вероятность
MAY TO
You have to go to work.
I don’t have to do the homework today.
HAVE TO
obligation in general, rule
обязанность в целом, правило
NOT HAVE TO = не надо
PAST FORM – HAD TO
I must go to work.
I mustn’t do this.
I can swim.
Can you help me?
We can’t sing here.
I could swim when I was 5.
Could you help me?
We couldn’t run at school.
I may go for a walk when I finish cleaning my room.
I may not touch my mother’s clothes.
It may rain in the afternoon.
CAN – физическая возможность
MAY – разрешение, вероятность
SHOULD – совет
HAVE TO – обязанность
MUST – обязательство