参赛课件2 Grammar and Usage：情态动词 can may might must [牛津版].ppt

* Modal Verbs in daily life Please make sentences by using the word can according to the pictures. can ability permission certainty 1.Liu Xiang can run the men’s 110-meter hurdles race in 12.88 seconds. 2.Li Yang can speak English well. 1.Can I use your pen? 2.Could you give me a piece of paper? 1.Can it be a real lady? ---No, it can’t be a real lady. Can it be a real lady? No ,it can’t be a real lady. In these sentences can means be able to (could is the past tense of can.) Can and be able to are the same in meaning. But can is only used in present and past tense and be able to can be used in different tenses. Can is used to ask or give permission. Could is not the past tense of can here but a more polite way of asking or giving permission. Can is used to ask whether something is true or not, and can’t means that something is impossible or unlikely. What is the weather like in the capital cities? What is the weather like in Chang Sha? ---It may be sunny. If you are not very sure about something and you want to have a guess, you can use may and might . What is the weather going to be like in Guang Zhou? ---It might have strong wind. may certainty permission 1.May I come in? 2.May I ask you a question? 1.What is the weather like in Chang Sha? ---It may be sunny. 2.What is the weather going to be like in Guang Zhou? ---It might have strong wind. must certainty obligation 1.You must wear your school uniform. 2.You must work hard to win the competition. 1.It must be a classroom 2.He must be late again. 3.The teacher must be angry. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1. Mary ____(mustnt, cant )be in Paris，for I saw her in the town only a few minutes ago． 2.—May I pick a flower in the garden? —No, you____( needn’t, mustn’t) 3.Now, many of us ____(can, could) speak English quite well, but a few years ago, we couldn’t. Yes or no? 4. You ____(shouldn’t, can’t) spend much time surfing the Internet. 5. Everything has two sides. Beautiful songs, sometimes, _____(may,