五年级情态动词

情态动词

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Part1:Reading

Sold out

‘The play may begin at any moment, ’ I said.

‘It may have begun already, ’ Susan answered.

I hurried to the ticket office. ‘May I have two tickets please?’I asked.

‘I'm sorry, we've sold out, ’ the girl said.

‘What a pity!’Susan exclaimed.

Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.

‘Can I return these two tickets?’ he asked.

‘Certainly, ’ the girl said.

I went back to the ticket office at once.

‘Could I have those two tickets please?’ I asked.

‘Certainly, ’ the girl said, ‘but they're for next Wednesday's performance. Do you still want them?’ ‘I might as well have them, ’ I said sadly.

New words and expressions

hurry v. 匆忙exclaim v. 大声说

ticket office 售票处return v. 退回

pity n. 令人遗憾的事sadly adv. 悲哀地，丧气地

Answer these questions

1When was the play going to begin?

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2 How many tickets did you ask for?

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3 Were there any left or not?

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4 Were Susan and you disappointed or not?

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5 Who hurried to the ticket office just then?

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6 How many tickets did he return?

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7 Were they for that day's performance, or were they for next Wednesday's performance?

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8Did you buy them or not?

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Exercises

A Read the passage again. Put a line under the verbs can, could, may and might.

重读课文，在can, could, may, might下面划上横线。

B Use a phrase with can, could, may or might in place of the words in italics. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.

Part 2: Grammar情态动词can，could，may的用法。

Can:

1. 表示能力，（即能做某事）

2. 表示可以,表示说话人同意或答应对方请求或要求.

3.表示否定推测.

4.表示请求建议. 如: Can I help you ?

课堂小测：

1. _____you grow trees when you were five?

A Could

B Can C.Can’t

2.---Can you ride a bike?

----“No, I____.”

A may not. B.mustn’t C.Can’t

Could:

1. 作为can的过去式，表示过去情况

a. 表示能力.

E.g. I could climb any tree in the forest when I was young.

b. 表示可能性。

E.g. He said he couldn’t come.

2.用来代替can. 婉转地提出请求，想法，建议。

E.g. Could you show me the way?

课堂小测：

I thought he ____come. He said he would go to his uncle’s.

A couldn’t

B can’t C. may not

may:

1.表示请求，建议如：May I borrow your pen?

2.表示可以，即同意对方请求或答应对方要求,表示可以或不可以.

E.g. You may come if you wish.