Can / could / may / might
• we use can could may to offer help
could help you
• we use can could . may to ask for permis
may / open the door
we use can 7. could to make polite requests and
a favour. could is more polite.
could i have a glass of water, please?
can you help me with the cleaning?
we use may, might and could to express possibility in the present or future.
might expresses slight possibility
my mum may be at home now, but i'm not sure. обясните
2. She said she was not hungry then
3. he said he was reading
4.tom said he would clean the car the day after.
5.mike said he was going to the theatre that night
6.mary said she didn't go to that shop very often
7.my parents said they have spent three days in London
8.helen said she has gone to london in july
9.misha said he had just come back from the doctor
10. oleg said he had never eaten fried mushrooms
11. kate said he have learnt english 2 years earlier
12. vivian said she has written that letter the previous day.
13.boris asked where dima worked
14.nick asked me where i lived
15.my mother asked me when i came home the previous day
17.jack asked me if i would see my friends the next day
16.mary asked me if i have skated the winter before.
18.jana asked me if i played DOTA
19.irene asked where she bought that hat
20he told the waitress to bring him some fish soup
21robert told me to come there the next day
22the doctor said to pete not to go for a walk that day.
Rob: That's a very famous picture - it's called "Madonna".
Amy: No, it isn't. It's called the Mona Lisa.
Rob: I think Michelangelo painted it.
Amy:_No, he didn't ._Leonardo da Vinci painted it.
Rob: He was Spanish.
Amy: _No, he wasn't.___He was Italian.
Rob: He lived about a hundred years ago.
Amy: __No, he didn't. _He lived five hundred years ago.
Rob: Leonardo da Vinci was a famous explorer, too.
Amy: __No, he wasn't.__He was a painter and a scientist, an inventor, a writer, a musician.
Rob: This picture is in the National Gallery in London.
Amy: _No, it isn't. You can see the picture in the Louvre Art Gallery in Paris.
Rob: Let's look at another picture. Ah, this is "Orchids" by Picasso
Amy: Oh, Dear!