情態動詞復習
5 must表示推測
1) must用在肯定句中表示較有把握的推測,意為"一定"。
2) must表對現在的狀態或現在正發生的事情的推測時, must 后面通常接系動詞be 的原形或行為動詞的進行式。
you have worked hard all day.you must be tired. 你辛苦干一整天,一定累了。(對現在情況的推測判斷)
he must be working in his office. 他一定在辦公室工作呢。
比較:
he must be staying there.
他現在肯定呆在那里。
he must stay there.
他必須呆在那。
3) must 表示對已發生的事情的推測時,must 要接完成式。
i didn't hear the phone. i must have been asleep. 我剛才沒有聽到電話,我想必是睡著了。
4) must表示對過去某時正發生的事情的推測,must 后面要接不定式的完成進行式。
---why didn't you answer my phone call?
---well, i must have been sleeping, so i didn't hear it.
5) 否定推測用 can't。
if tom didn't leave here until five o'clock, he can't be home yet. 如果湯姆五點才離開這兒,他此時一定還未到家。
6 表示推測的用法
can, could, may, might, must 皆可表示推測,其用法如下:
1)情態動詞+動詞原形。
表示對現在或將來的情況的推測,此時動詞通常為系動詞。
i don't know where she is, she may be in wuhan.
2)情態動詞+動詞現在進行時。
表示對現在或將來正在進行的情況進行推測。
at this moment, our teacher must be correcting our exam papers.
這時,我們老師想必在批改試卷。
3)情態動詞+動詞完成時。
表示對過去情況的推測。
we would have finished this work by the end of next december.
明年十二月底前我們很可能已完成這項工作了。
the road is wet. it must have rained last night.
地是濕的,昨天晚上一定下雨了。
4)情態動詞+動詞的現在完成進行時。
表示對過去正在發生事情的推測。
your mother must have been looking for you.
你媽媽一定一直在找你。
5)推測的否定形式,疑問形式用can't, couldn't表示。
mike can't have found his car, for he came to work by bus this morning.
邁克一定還沒有找回他的車,因為早上他是坐公共汽車來上班的。
注意:could, might表示推測時不表示時態,其推測的程度不如 can, may。
7 情態動詞+ have +過去分詞
1) may(might) have + done sth, can (could) have + done sth 表示過去,推測過去時間里可能發生的事情。
philip may (might) have been hurt seriously in the car accident.
philip can (could) have been hurt seriously in the car accident.
2) must have +done sth,對過去時間里可能發生的事情的推測,語氣較強,具有"肯定","諒必"的意思。
--- linda has gone to work, but her bicycle is still here.
---she must have gone by bus.
3) ought to have done sth, should have done sth
本應該做某事,而事實上并沒有做。否定句表示"不該做某事而做了"。