情态动词的用法总结
下面是小编整理的一些关于情态动词的用法总结,欢迎大家阅读!
possibility: can / could, may / might
certainty: must, will, should
ability: can / could, be able to
permission: can / could, may / might
requests: can / could, will / would
suggestions: could / may /might, shall
necessity: must, have to, have got to, need
advice: ought to, had better
情态动词的语法特征
1. 情态动词没有人称和数的变化,即情态动词第三人称单数不加- s (have to, have got to, be able to 除外)。
2. 情态动词不能表示正在发生或已经发生的事情,只表示期待或估计某事的发生。
3. 情态动词本身具有一定词义, 但意思不够完整, 不能单独做谓语, 后接动词原形一起构成谓语部分 (ought to, have to/have got to, be able to除外)。
4. 情态动词无非谓语形式,即无不定式、分词等形式。
Sum up
1. can和be able to
1) can (could) 表示能力、可能, 只用于现在式和过去式
2) be able to可以用于各种时态。
只用be able to的情况:
a. 位于助动词后。
b. 情态动词后。
c. 表示过去某时刻动作时。
d. 用于句首表示条件。
e. 表示成功地做了某事时,只能用was/ were able to,不能用could。
注意:could还可不表示时态,只表示
1) 提出委婉的请求,回答中不可用could。
--- Could I have the television on?
--- Yes, you can. / No, you can’t.
2) 在否定、疑问句中表示推测或怀疑。
He couldn’t be a bad man.
2. may和might
1) 表示允许或请求;表示没有把握的推测;may 放在句首,表示祝愿。
e.g. May God bless you!
He might be at home.
注: might 表示推测时,不表示时态。只是可能性比may 小。
2) 成语:may/might as well,后面接不带to 的不定式,意为"不妨"。
e.g. If that is the case, we may as well try.
3. have to和must
1) 两词都是“必须”的意思, have to 表示客观的需要, must 表示说话人主观上的看法, 即主观上的必要。
e.g. My brother was very ill, so I had to call the doctor in the middle of the night.
He said that they must work hard.
2) have to有人称、数、时态的变化,而must只有一种形式。但must可用于
间接引语中表示过去的必要或义务。
e.g. He had to look after his sister yesterday.
3) 在否定结构中:don’t have to 表示“不必”; mustn’t表示”禁止”。
e.g. You don’t have to tell him about it. 你不必把这事告诉他。
You mustn’t tell him about it. 你不能把这事告诉他。
4. 情态动词must表示推测
1) must用在肯定句中表示较有把握的推测,意为“一定”。
2) must表对现在的状态或现在正发生的事情的推测时, 后面通常接系动词be的原形或行为动词的进行时。
e.g. You have worked hard all day.
You must be tired.(对现在情况的推测判断)
He must be working in his office. 他一定在办公室工作呢。
比较: He must be staying there. 他现在肯定呆在那儿。 表推测
He must stay there. 他必须呆在那儿。不表推测
3) must 表示对已发生的事情的推测时, 要接完成时。
e.g. I didn’t hear the phone. I must have been asleep.
4) must表示对过去某时正发生的事情的推测, 后面要接不定式的完成进行时。
e.g. ---Why didn’t you answer my phone call?
---Well, I must have been sleeping, so I didn’t hear it.
5) 否定推测用can’t.
e.g. If Tom didn’t leave here until five o’clock, he can’t be home yet.
5.情态动词表示推测的用法
can, could, may, might, must 皆可表
示推测,其用法如下:
1) 情态动词+动词原形,表示对现在或将来的情况的推测,此时动词通常为系动词。
e.g. I don’t know where she is. She may be in Wuhan.
2) 情态动词+动词进行时, 表示对现在或将来正在进行的情况进行推测。
e.g. At this moment, our teacher must be correcting our exam papers.
3) 情态动词+动词完成时, 表示对过去情况的推测。
e.g. The road is wet. It must have rained last night.
4) 情态动词+动词的完成进行时, 表示对过去正在发生事情的推测。
e.g. Your mother must have been looking for you.
5) 推测的否定形式,疑问形式用can’t, couldn’t表示。
e.g. Mike can’t have found his car, for he came to work by bus this morning.
注: could, might表示推测时不表示时态,其推测的肯定程度不如can, may。
6.情态动词+have+过去分词
1) may (might) have + done sth., can (could) have + done sth. 表示过去,推测过去时间里可能发生的事情。
e.g. Philip may (might) have been hurt seriously in the car accident.
Philip can (could) have been hurt seriously in the car accident.