Упр. 488. Вставьте модальные глаголы can, may, must или need.

1. I ... not go out today: it is too cold. 2. ... I take your pen? — Yes, please. 3. We ... not carry the bookcase upstairs: it is too heavy. 4. We ... not carry the bookcase upstairs ourselves: the workers will come and do it. 5. When ... you come to see us? — I ... come only on Sunday. 6. Shall I write a letter to him? — No, you ... not, it is not neces­sary. 7. ... you cut something without a knife? 8. Peter ... return the book to the library. We all want to read it. 9. Why ... not you understand it?

it is so easy. 10. ... we do the exercise at once? Yes, you do it at once. 11. ... you pronounce this sound? 12. You ... not have bought this meat-we have everything for dinner.

MUST — MAY — MIGHT — CAN'T

в значении предположения

MUST — должно быть

MAY - может быть

MIGHT — может быть (но маловероятно)

CAN'T — не может быть

Упр. 489. Произнесите вслух все возможные предложения, используя приведенные подстано­вочные таблицы. (Упражнение на выработку ав­томатизма речи)

Переведите каждое предложение на русский язык.

Не	must may might can't	know your sister be busy be ill be tired be hungry
Не	must may might can't	be	sleeping working hard watching TV having dinner playing football

He	must	have	forgotten your address
	may		lost your book
	might		missed the train
	can't		caught cold
			fallen ill
			left the country
			sold his piano
			bought a car

Упр. 491. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя модальные глаголы must, may, might или can't.

1. Они, должно быть, живут в Санкт-Петербурге.

2. Они, может быть, живут в Санкт-Петербурге.

3. Может быть, они и живут в Санкт-Петербур­ге (хотя едва ли).

4. Не может быть, что они живут в Санкт-Пе тербурге.

5. Они, должно быть, жили в Санкт-Петербурге.

6. Они, может быть, жили в Санкт-Петербурге.

7. Может быть, они и жили в Санкт-Петербурге (хотя едва ли).

8. Не может быть, что они жили в Санкт-Петер­бурге.

9. Он, должно быть, на работе.

10. Он, должно быть, был на работе.

11. Он, может быть, на работе. 12.Он, может быть, был на работе.

13. Может быть, он и на работе (хотя едва ли).

14. Может быть, он и был на работе (хотя едва ли).

15. Не может быть, что он на работе.

16. Не может быть, что он был на работе.

Упр. 492. Перепишите сначала все предлож ния, в которых модальный глагол may (might) выражает разрешение, а затем предложения в которых он выражает предположение. Переве­дите предложения на русский язык.

1. Children may borrow books from the school li­brary. 2. I may show him your reports later. I don't know. 3. Your hair is getting rather thin, sir, may I advise to change your parting¹? 4. Mother, may I have a glass of light beer? 5. I may have wrecked my own life, but I will not let you wreck yours. 6. Jus­tice may be slow, mother, but it comes in the end. 7. He may have written the letter, but the signature is certainly not his. 8. It might have been worse. 9. May I come and see you some day? 10. We asked the teacher if we might use dictionaries.

Упр. 493. Перефразируйте следующие пред-|ложения, употребляя модальный глагол may. E.g. Possibly you left your book behind. You may have left your book behind.

1. Perhaps you left your umbrella in the bus.

2. Perhaps he went to the cafe to wait for us.

3. Perhaps it was Helen who rang you up. 4. Per­haps they came by plane. 5. Perhaps she had a very good English teacher. 6. Perhaps it was too cold for the children to go out. 7. It is possible that he took his children to the zoo. 8. Possibly they did not see us in the crowd. 9. Perhaps Rob­ert used a dictionary. 10. Possibly Mary misun­derstood you. 11. Perhaps Henry waited for us there. 12. Possibly Ann returned very late last night. 13. Possibly they have seen the new play. 1 4. Perhaps Nick has left his exercise-book at home.