Tham khảo tài liệu 'the grammar book teacher course part 110', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Appendix 771 The verb listen is the active counterpart of hear and thus implies that the person has made a point of listening to the melody repeatedly that is has taken some action so as to hear it For example the person may have bought a new CD or may have been studying the melody and for this reason is intentionally playing it over and over. Chapter 8 Modal Auxiliaries and Related Phrasal Forms I. a. phrasal modal b. social use of a modal c. logical probability meaning of a modal d. a combination of more than one modal or phrasal modal e. polite form of a request f. literal question with a phrasal modal I am about to go now. Would you close the window This bridge may collapse in an earthquake. You may have to arrive early. Could you drop me off at my apartment Al you able to read that sign X The sentence is ambiguous since may could mean either that his mother has given her permission for him to go or that his mother was commenting on the possibility of his going. 3. a. Must be makes a present inference must have been makes a past inference. b. Would you is a softer more polite form of the request than will you which could also be a literal question . are you willing to help . c. The first sentence implies that the action took place the second implies that it did not d. May expresses possibility. Must expresses strong inference the speaker is sure of the conclusion drawn. e. Should implies advisability. Had better is more insistent almost a threat with overtones of unpleasant consequences if the suggestion is not complied with. 4. That might not be important expresses low probability of the truth of the negative statement as do both the affirmative sentences in contrast That couldn t be important expresses high probability that the negative statement is true. 5. a. A modal verb followed by a modal verb is not a grammatical sequence in English although some modal modal combinations occur in some regional dialects in the United States . b. In questions may is .
