CAN/COULD
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 574.
The Modal Verbs (MV)
GRAMMAR REVIEW
Task 15. Translate the words.
Task 14. Find the equivalents from the text.
Система обробки інформації комп'ютером; система орієнтування на обробку даних комп'ютером; поєднувати можливості людини і машини; обмежувати управління; навряд чи допустять помилку; залишатися вразливим; неприпустимі дані; легкість здійснення зв'язку; мережа передачі інформації; системи, базуються на використанні супутників; отримати миттєву відповідь; наводити довідки; сховище даних; корпоративна база даних; обсяг пам'яті; запам'ятовувати величезну кількість інформації; витягувати інформацію; додати значимості; згаданий вище; частка секунди; схильний до помилок.
То eliminate: elimination; eliminable; eliminator; unlimited.
To respond: respondent; response; responsible; irresponsible; responsibility.
Accuracy: inaccuracy; accurate; inaccurate; accurately.
Correctly: correct; incorrect; to correct; correction; correctional; corrective; corrector.
Vulnerable: invulnerable; vulnerability; invulnerability.
Invalid: valid; invalidity; validity;
Access: accessible; inaccessible; accessibility; inaccessibility.
| Meaning | Forms of the MV | Forms of the infinitive | Kinds of sentences | Some other ways of expressing the same meaning | Sentence patterns |
| 1. Ability, capability | can (can't) – the Present Tense could (couldn't) – the Past Tense | Indefinite Infinitive | affirmative interrogative negative | to be able to, to know how to do smth, to have the ability to do smth. | He can perform complicated operations. He is a very skilful surgeon. Can she swim well? He could not feel or hear anything. |
| 2. Possibility due to circumstances | can (can't) – the Present Tense could (couldn't) – the Past Tense | Indefinite Infinitive | affirmative interrogative negative | to be able to, it's possible to do smth | At a chemist's shop you can get medicines of all kinds. I can go to the seaside this summer if I have enough money. |
| 3. a)Permission b) Request c)Prohibition | can– the Present Tense could– the Past Tense in Reported Speech can could(a polite request) can't | Indefinite Infinitive Indefinite Infinitive Indefinite Infinitive | affirmative interrogative negative | to permit, to be allowed | The doctor said: “You can take long walks early in the morning” Can (could) you give me some medicine for my headache? You can't visit him, he has an infectious disease. |
| 4. Unreality | could –the Subjunctive II Form | The Indefinite Infinitive refers the action to the present or future. The Perfect Infinitive indicates the action which was not carried out in the past | affirmative interrogative negative | would be able to do smth; would have been able to do smth | Why don't you want the doctor to come? He could prescribe some medicine to bring down the fever (if he came). You could have stayed in bed for a few days. But you didn't. |
| 5. Uncertainty, doubt, astonishment | can/could | The Indefinite Infinitive refers the action to the present or future. The Continuous Infinitive refers the action to the present. The Perfect Infinitive refers the action to the past. The Perfect Continuous Infinitive denotes an action begun in the past and continued into the moment of speaking | interrogative (general questions) | Is it possible that … ? Do you believe that …? | Can (could) he be her husband? He is twice as old as she is. |
| Can (could)she still be running a high temperature? Can (could)he have been operated on? Can (could)they have been keeping to a diet for a few years? | |||||
| 6. Incredulity, improbability | can't/ couldn't | Indefinite Infinitive Continuous Infinitive Perfect Infinitive Perfect Continuous Infinitive | negative | It's hardly possible that; I refuse to believe that; I don't think it's possible that; it's next to impossible that; I don't believe that; I doubt that; It's incredible (doubtful) that | He can't (couldn't) be her husband. She can't (couldn't) be still running a high temperature. He can't (couldn't) have been operated on. They can't (couldn't) have been keeping to a diet for a few years. |
| 7. For emotional colouring | can/could(in present time contexts) | Indefinite Infinitive Continuous Infinitive Perfect Infinitive Perfect Continuous Infinitive | interrogative (special questions) | What can (could) you know of such things? What can (could) they be speaking about? How can (could) you have made such a mistake? What can (could) he have been doingall this time? |
| Notes |
| I. Remember the following set phrases with the verb can: 1. CAN'T/COULDN'T + HELP + DOING smth e.g.: She can't help crying. – Вона не може не плакати. 2.CAN'T/COULDN'T +BUT + INFINITIVE (without “to”) e.g.: I can't but ask about it. – Мені нічого іншого не залишається, як запитати вас про це. They couldn't but refuse him. – Їм нічого іншого не залишається, як відмовити йому. |
| II. The Ukrainian sentences of the type “Невже він не помітив вас? Не може бути, щоб він не помітив вас. Невже йому тут не подобається? Не може бути, щоб йому тут не подобалось” are rendered in English in the following ways: 1. Can (could) he have failed to notice you? 2. Can (could) he dislike it here? 3. Can (could) nobody have seen him do it? 4. Can (could) he have never got my letter? 5. Can (could) it be that he didn't notice you? 6. He can't (couldn't) have failed to notice you. 7. He can't (couldn't) dislike it here. |
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