Modaux anglais
My Lesson
9 modaux
CAN MAY MIGHT MUST WILL SHALL COULD SHOULD WOULD
CAN
Capacité I can swim. Tom can help you
Permission
Can I help you ? Who can answer the next question?
Interdiction
You cannot drive without any license.
COULD
Capacité dans le passé When I was young, I could run very fast. At 20, I could borrow my father’s car. When I was a child, I couldn’t go out at night. Could you open the window, please ? That could be dangerous.
Permission dans le passé
Interdiction dans le passé Permission / Demande polie Probabilité atténuée
MAY
Permission (plus formel que can) May I come in ?
Interdiction (plus formel que can)
You may not smoke in this room.
Probabilité moyenne
It may rain tonight.
MIGHT
Permission (au style indirect) She said we might come.
Probabilité faible
We might win the lottery.
Suggestion Reproche
You might call Pete this afternoon. You might ask for her.
MUST
Obligation You must do your homework now. She must have told him this story. She must read this book. I’m sure she’ll like it.
Probabilité forte
Conseil
SHALL
Suggestion Shall we go to the cinema?
Engagement Promesse
You shall go, whether you like it or not. I shall come.
SHOULD
Conseil You should go to the cinema. You should have come with me. They took the highway, they should be here.
Reproche / Regret
Déduction
WILL
Futur Tomorrow I will go to the cinema. I will not see him. Will you come here please ? Will you be finished soon? He will have a shower when he come back from work.
Volonté / refus
Demande
Habitude
WOULD
Demande polie Would you come in, please ? When I was a child, I would go every Saturday to the cinema. She would visit her aunt every day. Conditionnel If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house
Habitude passée
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