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Flashcards by Celina Molina, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Celina Molina
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| May | 1. Polite request (only with I or we) 2. Formal permission 3. Less than 50% centainty |
| Might | 1. Less than 50% centainty 2. Polite request (rare) |
| Should | 1. advisability 2. 90% certainty |
| Ought to | 1. Advisability 2. 90% certainty |
| Had better | Advisability with threat of bad result |
| Be supposed to | 1. Expectation 2. Unfulfilled expectation |
| Must | 1. Strong necessity 2. Prohibition (negative) 3. 95% certainty |
| Have to | 1. Necessity 2. Lack of necessity (negative) |
| Have got to | Necessity |
| Will | 1. 100% certainty 2. Willingness 3. Polite request |
| Be going to | 1. 100% certainty (prediction) 2. Definitive plan (intention) 3. Unfulfilled intention |
| Can | 1. ability/possibility 2. informal permission 3. Informal polite request 4. Impossibility (negative only) |
| Could | 1. Past ability 2. Polite request 3. suggestion (affirmative only) 4. Less than 50% certainty 5. Impossiblility (negative only) |
| Be able to | Ability |
| Would | 1. Polite request 2. Preference 3. Repeated action in the past 4. Polite fot "want" (with like) 5. unfulfilled wish |
| Used to | 1. Repeat action in the past 2. Past situation that no longer exists |
| Shall | 1. Polite question to make a suggestion 2. Future with I or we as subjet |
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