Modal Verbs Flashcards
I can buy this dress. It so beautiful.
CAN - khả năng đạt được điều gì đó (năng lực của bản thân) xảy ra trong hiện tại
Could I leave now?
CAN - Cho phép
Can I carry your bag?
CAN - Đề nghị/ gợi ý
Can’t it be 5 pm now?
Is that Tom over there? No, it can’t be him. He isn’t that tall.
CAN’T V - Đoán 1 chuyện chắc chắn k xảy ra trong hiện tại nhấn mạnh 1 điều k thể có thật bộc lộ sự ngạc nhiên
She can’t be smiling?
CAN’T be Ving - Đoán 1 chuyện chắc chắn k xảy ra trong thơi điểm nói
She passed me on the street without speaking. She can’t have seen me.
CAN’T have pp - Đoán 1 chuyện chắc chắn k xảy ra trong quá khứ
My brother can attend a university in USA, but he isn’t sure yet.
Jask was an excellent tennis player. He could beat any body.
S can - năng lực có thật
The fire spread through the building very quickly, but everyone was able to escape.
S be able to V - vượt qá năng lực, quy luật thiên nhiên
She is capable of passing an exam
S be capable of Ving - năng lực có thật
It’s likely to fail in the exam because of lazying
S/ it be likely to V - khả năng có thể xảy ra
It’s possible to pass the exam
It be possible to V
She spoke in a low voice, but I coul understand what shw was saying.
COULD - quá khứ của can
It could rain tomorrow
COULD - giả định trong hiện tại hoặc tương lai
I hear some one coming. It could be John
COULD - đoán k chắc
Could you open the door?
I will
COULD - xin phép/ yêu cầu/ gợi ý lịch sự 1 cách lịch sự trang trọng/ k dùng để trả lời
We didn’t go our last night. We could have gone to the movies, but we decided to stay at home.
COULD have pp - nói về 1 chn có thể xảy ra trong quá khứ nhưng k được thực hiện
You might see ghost
MIGHT - đoán hoàn toàn k chắc chắn - giả định của MAY
I’m not sure where to go on my vacation. but I may go to Ha Long Bay.
MAY - Đoán k chắc chắn, sự việc có thể xảy ra trong tương lai
May I come in?
MAY - Xin phép hoặc cho phép
May you success in life
May our friendship last forever
MAY - Câu chúc trang trọng
We are trying our best so that we may succeed in life
MAY - dùng để chỉ mục đích sau liên từ so that
He may be poor but he is talented
MAY - thừa nhận chuyện có thực
He must see some Alsatian dogs and thought they were wolves.
MUST - (bổn phận) nhận thức chủ quan
You have got to ask for permission before going inside the room.
The exhibition is free for all students. We don’t have to pay any fee.
have to V - bổn phận sức ép khách quan
It must be boring for the very rich, because they can get nearly everything they want easily without having to make an effort.
They are doing very hard on their project. It must be very important to them.
You’ve been traveling all day. You must be tired.
MUST - suy đoán chắc chắn HT/QK/TL
doctor musts strongly advise him to stop smoking
MUST - lời khuyên được nhấn mạnh theo ý chủ quan
You mustn’t go out at 12pm
mustn’t = forbit (cấm bằng lời) # ban (cấm bằng luật)
Dare he go?
He daren’t tell the truth
DARE V
He dare to tell the truth
DARE to V
Need he go?
No, he needn’t go.
NEED V
Yes, he needs to go
NEED to V
Your hair needs cutting = Your hair need to be cut
Your hair doesn’t need cutting
NEED Ving = NEED to be pp: bị động chỉ dùng với danh từ
we should visit you last week
SHOULD - quá khứ của shall
You should take a snap
SHOULD - lời khuyên về hiện tại
Should he comes, tell him I’m away
SHOULD - câu điều kiện (nhỡ ra… thì)
I didn’t expect he should say that
SHOULD - chỉ sự ngạc nhiên (k thể ngờ nó dám nói vật)
Should I invite him?
SHOULD - xin lời khuyên có nên k?
I would buy a car last month
WOULD - quá khứ của will
?
WOULD - thức giả định (đk 2,3)
When I was a child, I would sing folk songs
WOULD - thói quen (hành động) trong quá khứ
My motherv is used to getting up early everyday.
used to V - thói quen (quá trình) trong quá khứ
Would you like me to deliver these flowers to the recipient for you? That’d be nice.
Who would you prefer to meet a famous singer or a famous actor?
WOULD like/ love/ prefer rather/sooner to V - Yêu cầu lịch sự - muốn
Might I use your computer for a minute?
MIGHT - xin phép
I think the principal of this school ought to give students more freedom in choosing the courses they want to study.
OUGHT to - đoán k chắc
We are unlikely to protect the environment if we continue treating the earth this way.
be unlikely to - đoán k chắc
