Modal Verbs Must 1. All countries must conserve their resources. 2. You mustn’t do that, Sir Robert, in your own interests. 3. You must have forgotten about that letter. Examples: 1. I must be going crazy today. 2. Patients who must use new drugs should be informed of the drug’s limited experience and safety record.

Would Смысловой и вспомогательный: 1. I would rather stay at home. 2. I would have stayed here forever. 3. I wouldn’t do it for love or money. 4. Would you kindly pass me the book? 5. I would like…/I wouldn’t like… 6. It’s hard to imagine what my life would have been like had I not started learning English in the 1980s. 7. My neighbour would justify buying new cars every few years with the motto “you only live once.”

Would Вспомогательный would 1. Most analysts expected that there would be a change in policy. 2. Agreeing to the compromise would have been self- defeating in the long run. 3. I wish he would talk to me. examples: 1. I would rather be right than be president, but I’m perfectly willing to do both. 2. It’s unclear how a test ban would curb proliferation.

Will 1. Come whenever you will. Do as you will. 2. The car will hold six people. 3. Will you...? 4. I remind you lines of a X-mas hymn which many of you will know. 5. What will be will be. Friends will be friends. 6. He will come to the station and sit there watching people.

Shall 1. You say you will not do it, but I say you shall. 2. You shall pay for your words. 3. Shall we…? Shall I …? 4. If for some reason the member of the court considers that he should not take part in the decision of a particular case, he shall so inform the President. 5. Thou shall not kill! Over the next ten years we shall spend ₤25 billion on the health service.

Can 1. I can read the text still, though it’s rather dark. 2. Can’t you translate such a simple text? 3. I can hardly accept the offer; it can look like a bribe. 4. Can I have some more meat, please? 5. You can open the letter now. 6. No! You can’t do it! Perfect infinitive (have+V3) 1. He can’t have said that. 2. Can she have meant it? Cannot but do sth., cannot help doing sth. I cannot help telling you what she said yesteday.

Could 1. I could do something for the girl, if you don’t mind. Could + Perfect infinitive 1. He could have warned us in advance. 2. She could have sent the letter yesterday. 3. Could he have meant it? 4. She couldn’t have killed him. 5. Could I use your phone, please? 6. I could have danced all night!

May/MightMayn’t 1. Don’t wait for me, I may (might be late). +Perfect infinitive. 1. She might have forgotten. 2. You might have told me! 3. He may well have forgotten about us. 4. May/might I borrow your pen for a moment? – Yes, you may. 5. No replacement may take place during a trial. 6. May all your dreams come true! May he try his hand in foreign policy first.

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