Unit8 Car Flashcards

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Modals and semi modals

  • Must used to express obligation
  • Mustn’t express prohibition
  • must used to. Make deduction from evidence and express certainty
  • the past form of must for deduction is: must+ have+past participle
  • the future form of must for deduction is : must be going to + infinitive
  • the negative of must for this meaning is can’t
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  • that must be John coming up the steps.i recognize his footsteps.
  • the train is late. The heavy snow must have caused delays
  • they bought lots of paint. They must be going to decorate.
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Must

  • must and mustn’t are used to give strong advice
  • must and mustn’t are used to make recommendations
  • must and mustn’t are used to talk about strong necessity
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You mustn’t give up hope

You must see his new film. It is brilliant

We must go or we’ll miss the train

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Ought and should

  • should is more common and less formal
  • used to say the following :
    • sthg seems likely because it is logical or normal
      It is o’clock. He ought to/ should be home soon
    • give advice or suggest that sthg would be a good idea
      You ought to/ should tell her how you feel
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  • talk about duty and express weak obligation
    People ought to/ should wait in the queue and not push in
  • critics actions or attitudes
    People ought to/ should show more respect for old people
    -talk about the importance of doing sthg
    We ought to/ should get back before the sun goes down
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Ought to and should
- to talk about neçessity
Sport clothes ought to/ should be light and allow you to move easily

The past form are ought to/ should + have + past participle
You should have told/ ought to have us you were coming

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Will and would

  • used to make polite invitation and request. Would is more polite
    Will/ would you sit here
  • will and won’t are used to describe habits and characteristic behaviour in the present and in general
    If will is stressed, it ndicates the speaker’s irritation with or negative opinion of the habit
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He will watch tv all evening. Sometimes he won’t talk for hours
He will play golf every weekend, instead of helping me in the garden

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Will and would
- would and wouldn’t used to talk about past habits
If would is stressed it indicates the speaker’s irritation with or negative opinion of the habit

Every evening she would sit in the garden reading her newspaper
She wouldn’t stop until she would read every page
He would insist on smoking , even if he knew if was bad for him

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Will is used to express demands , insist that sthg happens in the future or express determination

You will do as I say immediately
I will go where I want and don’t try to stop me

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