Advice. Criticism. Requests. Offers. Suggestions. Characteristics of the modal verbs

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Advice

Criticism

Requests. Offers. Suggestions

You should take a holiday.

Youought to try harder.

Youought not to complain so much.

We should have made sure that the tickets were valid. (but we didn’t)

He ought to have cooked dinner. (but he didn’t)

Can you hurry up, please?

Would you pass me the salt?

I’ll give you a lift.

Shall I make the tea?

I might as well watch TV.

She should go to the dentist.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MODAL VERBS

1.They take no –s in the 3d person singular except for have to, need and dare.

2.They have no infinitive or participle forms.

3.They are followed by bare infinitive except for ought to, have to and used to.

4.They form their negative and interrogative forms the same way as the auxiliaries (e.g. may not, may I...?) apart from “have to”, “need” and “dare”.

Would and used to – repeated actions in the past.

Dare – осмеливаться.

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