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2e règle : Invariable
Capacité Présent
Ex : I can swim ‘Can work’
Possibilité Continu
Ex : We can go to the restaurant if you want ‘Can be working’
Demande ou proposition
Ex : Can you pass me the salt ?
COULD / COULDN’T
*Capacité
Ex : I could swim
Permission
Ex : Could I use my pen ?
Possibilité
Ex : We could go to the restaurant if you want
Demande ou proposition
Ex : Could you pass me the salt ?
Irréalité
Ex : If I could buy a house now, I would buy a palace
Was able to + …
SHOULD
Conseil / opinion
Ex : You should study more
Déduction
Ex : She left one hour ago, she should be here soon
IT’S TIME
Ex : You’de better take your umbrella (or else you will get wet)
MUST
Certitude
Ex : It must be true
Déduction
Ex : She left one hour ago, she must be here soon
HAVE TO
Obligation / Nécessité (// must)
- DON’T HAVE TO
Pas besoin de
- NEEDN’T HAVE + PP
Non-obligation au passé mais tu l’as fait
MUSTN’T
Interdiction
WOULD / WOULDN’T
Conditional
Ex : I wouldn’t say that
Irréalité
Ex : I would buy a car if I could
Le passé de ‘ Will/Won’t ’
Ex : I closed the door so that no one would come
MAY (NOT)
Demande soutenue
MIGHT (NOT)
Il se pourrait que
Possibilité pour le présent et pour le futur
Meilleur option :
Ex : we might as well take the next train (tant qu’à faire)