情态动词(Modal Verbs).pptVIP

情态动词（Modal Verbs) can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must和ought称为情态动词。它们和 主要谓语动词一起构成谓语。绝大多数情态 动词的意思可以划分为两类。 一类是表示可能性：情态动词可以用来表示某种情况是肯定的、或很可能的、或可能的、或不可能的。 另一类意思涉及必须做某事或允许做某 事之类的意思：情态动词可以用来表示 某人必须做某事、某人能做某事，如果 某事发生（或不发生）就会好一些，或 者某事是许可或禁止的。 一、表示有把握的程度情态动词可以表达对于某一事实或事件有把握的各种不同程度。 a完全有把握(肯定的或否定的） shall用于第一人称： I/We shall be away tomorrow. I shan’t be late on Wednesday. 2. will 用于各种人称： That’s the phone. That’ll be Tony. Things will be right. It won’t rain this evening. You’ll be right. 3. must只用于肯定句中： He decided Franklin must be suffering from a bad cold. 4. can’t和couldn’t表示现在或将来不可能， couldn’t用于间接引语中，表示过去不可能： That can’t be Mr. Smith—he’s in New York. I knew it couldn’t be Mr. Smith. He couldn’t be at home. 5. would, wouldn’t 用于间接引语中，表示过 去可能或不可能： I told you wouldn’t be ready in time. b很有可能/可能 1. should, shouldn’t, ought to, oughtn’t to, may well (很有可能）, may, may not （可能、可能不） : She should/ought to be here soon. It shouldn’t/oughtn’t to be difficult for you to work out the problem. 3. We may be buying a new flat. 4. The list may not be complete. 5. “I think it’s going to rain.” “You may well be right—the sky is really black. C可能性小 might, mightn’t, could,它们不是may, can的过 去式，它们都可以用来谈论现在和将来, could比may 和might更不可能： I might see you again—who knows? Things might not be as bad as they seem. We could all be millionaires one day. d在理论上可能或现实可能性 can可以用于肯定句中表示理论上的可能性，或与be动词连用，表示有时： 1. Poor posture (姿势）can cause neck ache, headaches and breathing problems. 2. New England can be very warm in September. 3. Can gases freeze? 2.表示某事将会实际发生，或真实情况的现实可能性通常用may, might或could: 1)---I think Labour are going to win. ---You may be right. 2)---Where is Emma? ---I don’t know. She may be out shopping. 3) Peter might call. If he does, ask him to ring later. 4) She didn’t say hello. She may not have recognized you. 5) ---Where’s Sarah? ---She may/ might/ could be at Joe’s place. e在条件句中表示有把握或可能 would, wouldn’t, could, couldn’t, might, mightn’t可以用在含