Section_ⅢGrammar- 情态动词(Ⅰ)
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探究发现
①Festivals can also be held to honour famous people.
②Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.
③Most ancient festival would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.
④For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.
[我的发现]
以上四个句子都使用了情态动词。其中,第①句中的can表示许可,意为"可以";第②句中的might表示推测,意为"可能会";第③句中的would表示过去习惯性动作,意为"过去常会";第④句中的should表示劝告或建议,意为"应该"。
一、基本特征
1.情态动词有一定的词义,不能单独作谓语,需和实义动词或系动词一起作谓语。
She can speak English though she is six.
尽管她才6岁,但她会说英语。
2.情态动词一般无人称和数的变化,个别情态动词有现在时和过去时两种时态变化。
They must be in the classroom.
他们一定在教室里。
3.构成否定句时,not放在其后面。
The young man can't carry the big stone.