Modal Verbs
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 477.
Language Work
Unit 15. Materials Science.
| Modal Verbs Of Probability | must could might can't | He must be in the lab = very probable that he is in the lab | 95 % sure |
| He could be in the lab/ He might be in the lab = possible, but less probable | 45 % sure | ||
| He can't be in the lab = very probable that he is not in the lab | 95 % sure |
| Modal Verbs Of Obligation | have to must should | I/you/we/they/he/she | must mustn't should shouldn't | work hard |
| I/you/we/they | have to don't have to | |||
| he/she | has to doesn't have to | |||
| do | I/ you/ we/they | have to work hard? | ||
| does | he/she |
| Modal Verbs Of Ability | can to be able to | I/you/we/they/he/she | can | fix this device |
| I | am able to | |||
| he/she | is able to | |||
| we/they/you | are able to |
| Modal Verbs | Present | Past | Future |
| Equivalent | |||
| can to be able to … | can am/is/are able to … | could was/were able to … | will be able to … |
| may to be allowed to … | may am/is/are allowed to… | might was/were allowed to... | ------- will be allowed to… |
| must have to be to | must have/has to … am/is/are to … | had to … was/were to … | will have to… |
1. Fill in the table:
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb | Translation | Transcription |
| powerful | |||||
| continuously | |||||
| fusion |  ,
n
| ||||
| join | ñîåäèíÿòü | ||||
| safe | |||||
| attach | |||||
| widespread | øèðîêî ðàñïðîñòðàí¸ííûé |  ,
adj
| |||
| location | |||||
| stiff | |||||
| transformer | |||||
| currently | |||||
| extract | èçâëåêàòü | ||||
| ductile | êîâêèé |  ,
adj
| |||
| corrosion | |||||
| resistant | |||||
| valuable |  ,
adj
| ||||
| improve | |||||
| alloy | ñïëàâëÿòü |
2. Put in the missing words, using the words from the table above:
1. The use of light isotopes in a … reactor has been under experimental study since the 1950s.
2. Many metals are malleable and … .
3. If left unchecked, … will eventually weaken the pipeline.
4. Nuclear power makes a … contribution to the environment by curbing carbon dioxide emissions.
5. To … each gram of water requires heating 2, 500 grams of regolith up to red heat.
6. The references and diagrams were … to the document.
7. Specialist image analysis equipment for light and electron microscope images also require interfacing with … computers.
8. Whether the technology ever will gain … use is uncertain.
9. … is a piece of equipment for changing electricity from one voltage to another.
10. Everyone is being encouraged to … energy.
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