Tham khảo tài liệu 'lifelines intermediate students book phần 10', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Grammar Reference Permission Can could and may are used are used to ask for permission. Could is more polite than can and may is the most polite and formal. Can I open the window Could I borrow the car this evening May I use your phone Shall will would In modem English shall Is usually only used in suggestions and offers with we and 7. Where shall we go for our holidays this year Shall we go to the cinema Shall I open the window For the use of will see section For the use of would see section . Modal verbs - use Look at these sentences. Some are right and some are wrong. 1 The bus driver managed to avoid hitting the dog. The bus driver was able to avoid hitting the dog. The bus driver could avoid hitting the dog. X 2 Yesterday I had to get the bus to work. Yesterday I must get the bus to work. X 3 rll be able to go swimming every day next week. I will can go swimming every day next week. X 4 She might not be here tomorrow. She could not be here tomorrow. X 5 Don t worry about the report - you needn t do it today. Don t worry about the report - you don t have to do it today. Don t worry about the report - you mustn t do it today. X Check the rules for the use of modal verbs again. causative have have something done We use have object past participle to describe a job that is done for US by someone else. Compare these sentences. I had my room painted. This means that the room was painted but I didn t do it myself. I arranged for a decorator to do it for me. I painted my room. This means that I painted the room myself. We often use have object past participle to describe services that we pay someone else to do. I had the car fixed. He had his jacket dry-cleaned. I had my hair ait. make let someone do something get someone to do something Make someone do something means that one person forces or compels another person to do something that they probably don t want to do. The judge made the man apologize. My parents made me practise the piano for two .