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Grammar
Modal verbs 情态动词 (I)
Unit1 Festivals around the world
·情态动词的语法特征
1) 情态动词 不能单独做谓语,除ought 和have 外,后面只能接不带to 的不定式。
2) 情态动词没有人称,数的变化,但有些情态动词,如can、will也有一般式和过去式的变化。
3) 情态动词的“时态”形式并不是时间区别的主要标志,不少情况下,情态动词的现在式形式和过去式形式都可用来表示现在时间、过去时间和将来时间。
can, could 和be able to的用法
She can/be able to sing the song in English.
This machine can make you feel comfortable.
1.can, be able to都可表示“能力”
Can的主语是人或物,be able to的主语是人
We’ll be able to finish the work soon.
I haven’t been able to see the film.
2.can只用于现在式和过去式(could)。be able to可以用于各种时态。
could用于表示泛指过去的能力。如:
I could read when I was four.
Although the soldier was badly wounded, he was able to tell what had happened.
She ran fast but she couldn’t /wasn’t able to catch the bus.
3.表示特定的某一过去能力或表示成功地做了某事时,只能用was/were able to, 不能用could。
He was able to flee Europe before the war broke out.
He was able to swim halfway before he got tired.
表示过去的能力
Could I have a look at your notebook?
Yes , you can./No, you can't.
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