
情态动词:本身有一定的词义,表示说话人的情绪、态度、语气,但不能单独做谓语,只能和其他动词原形构成谓语。常见的情态动词有may,can,must,need等。
1.may:表可能性,用于肯定句中,意为“可能”
He may be a good father but he may not be a good husband.
2.can:
(1)意为“能,会”,表示能力,可指某人拥有某种能力
例:She can cook.
(2)意为“可以”,表示许可,常用语口语,可以用may替代
例:Can I have a look?
(3)意为“可能”,表示推测,常用于否定句和疑问句,此时“can’t为“不可能”
例:This pen looks like mine,yet it isn’t.Whose can it be?
这支笔看起来是我的,但它不是,它可能是谁的呢?
Tom can’t be his brother,I know all of his brothers.
Tom不可能是他的兄弟,我知道他所有的兄弟。
3.must:
(1)表有把握的推测,用于肯定句,表示“一定,准是”
例:May and Mary must be twins.They really look like each other.
(2)其否定形式mustn’t表示 “禁止,不准,不允许”
例: You mustn’t swim in the lake.
(3)对must引导的疑问句回答
①肯定回答用must
②否定回答用needn’t 或don’t have to
例:---Must I finish my homework?我现在必须完成作业吗?
---No, you needn’t./ No, you don’t have to. 不,你不必。
(3)must have done一定做过某事
例:I see Dad’s car downstairs.He must have come home.
(4)must的反义疑问句部分:助动词英语must后面的动词在非推测情况下的用法保持一致
例:He must be a worker,isn’t he?
You must have learned English for many years,haven’t you?
练习:
( )1.You ______ be very tired after a 13-hour flight from New York to Shanghai.
A. can B. may C. must D.need
( )2.-I can’t find my key.
-It _____ locked in your room.
A.may B.maybe C.may be D.perhaps
( )3.-Who told him about this news?Lily?
-It ____ her.She doesn’t know the news at all.
A.can’t be B.mustn’t be C.shouldn’t be D.may not be
( )4. -Must I do my homework at once? --No,you _______.
A. needn't B. mustn't C. can't D. may not
( )5. The children___ play football on the road.
A.can’t B. can C. mustn't D. must
( )6. Even the top students in our class can't work out this problem, so it___ be very difficult.
A.may B. must C. can D. need
( )7. -Can you speak Japanese? -No,you ________
A.mustn’t B. can't C. needn't D. may not
( ) 8. He isn't at school. I think he ___ be ill.
A.can B. will C. must D. has to
( )9. —How long may I keep the book?
—You ________ keep it for two weeks.
A. may B. must C. will
( )10.-- May I go out now, Dad?
-- No. You ______ let your mother know first.
A. can B. may C. need D. must
