Toshkent Axborot Tehnologiyalar universiteti Urganch filiali Ko

Might¶

• Might¶
• possibility: Your purse might be in the living room.
• conditional: If I didn’t have to work, I might go with you.
• suggestion: You might visit the botanical gardens during your visit.
• request: Might I borrow your pen?
• Present Positive: might
• Present Negative: might not
• Past Positive: might have taken
• Past Negative: might not have taken
• Future Positive: might
• Future Negative: might not
• Should¶
• recommendation: When you go to Berlin, you should visit the palaces in Potsdam.
• advice: You should focus more on your family and less on work.
• obligation: I really should be in the office by 7:00 AM.
• expectation: By now, they should already be in Dubai.
• Present Positive: should
• Present Negative: shouldn’t
• Past Positive: should have eaten
• Past Negative: shouldn’t have smoked
• Future Positive: should
• Future Negative: shouldn’t

May¶

• May¶
• possibility: Cheryl may be at home, or perhaps at work.
• give permission: Johnny, you may leave the table when you have finished your dinner.
• request permission: May I use your bathroom?
• Present Positive: may
• Present Negative: may not
• Past Positive: may have been, were allowed to
• Past Negative: may not have been, were not allowed
• Future Positive: may
• Future Negative: may not
• Shall¶
• Uses1: Offers, suggestions and advice. We use shall I and shall we to make offers and suggestions, and to ask for advice.
• Uses2: Predictions and intentions. We use shall instead of will with I and we in rather formal contexts to make predictions and to talk about intentions or decisions. It is much less common than will.
• suggestion: Shall I help you?
• promise: I shall never forget where I came from.
• predestination: he shall become our next king.
• inevitability: I’m afraid Mr. Smith shall become our new director.