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5. Translate into English. Use Patterns 2, 3, 4, 5:

1. Ви можете навести мені ще один приклад? 2. Не можна наводити приклади з підручника. 3. Можна, я поясню вам це після уроку? 4. Можете здавати свої роботи, якщо ви їх закінчили. 5. Можна, я вам допоможу? 6. Ви не могли б мені допомогти? 7. Не можна говорити українською на уроці іноземної мови. 8. У цьому реченні не можна використати герундій. 9. Можна, я подзвоню мамі і скажу, щоб мене не чекали на обід? 10. Ви не могли б зайти пізніше?

Note 3. 1. The form could used instead of can in these patterns makes the sentence more polite. 2. The forms can't, couldn't make the sentence more emotional and insistent.

Compare:

1) Can you say it again, please?

Could you say it again, please?

2) Can I come too?

Can't I come too?

Couldn't I come too?

III. The suppositional meaning: 1. strong doubt, 2. very strong doubt.

Pattern 6

Strong Doubt

А. can

could

smb

be

know

be doing smth?

E.g. 1. Can (could) it be so late? 2. Can (could) she really mean it? 3. Can (could) they be waiting for us?

Note 4. To distinguish between a question about somebody's ability to do something and the expression of strong doubt we use the Indefinite infinitive in the first case and the Continuous infinitive in the second (with the exception of the verbs to be, to know, to love, to live, to hate, and some others).

E.g. 1. Can he write poetry? 2. Can he be writing poetry?

6. Translate into Ukrainian:

1. Can he carry this heavy box? 2. Can he be carrying a monkey? 3. Can he teach the children to swim? 4. Can he be teaching the children to swim? 5. Can he know all this? 6. Can they be meeting in secret? 7. Can it be true? 8. Can you translate this article without a dictionary? 9. Can she be so old? 10. Can one see your house from here?

The Perfect infinitive in Pattern 6 refers the situation to the past.

В. can

could

smb

smth

have been

have known

have been done

have been doing?

E.g. 1. Can (could) it have been so cold? 2. Can (could) he have known about it? 3. Can (could) they have been waiting for us?

7. Refer the situation to the past by changing the form of the infinitive.

Model: 1. Can (could) it be so late?

2. Can (could) it have been so late?

1. Can she be only five? 2. Can he be telling the truth? 3. Can it be raining? 4. Can the children be home already? 5. Can the cake be burning? 6. Can he be trying to tell us something? 7. Can she be so fond of them? 8. Can it be dangerous?