| Значение
| Пример
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| Obligation (neither speaker’s authority or external authority)
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· advisability
| You ought to read this book. It’s very good.
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· desirability
| You ought to say a word or two about yourself.
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· duty
| You ought to feel some respect for your elders.
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· appropriateness
| At your age you ought to be earning your living.
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| Deduction
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· flattery
| You ought to be very pleased, oughtn’t you?
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· assumption
| The plane ought to be taking off in a minute.
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· deduction
| The new sanatorium ought to be very comfortable.
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· criticism
| You’re paler than you ought to be.
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| Значение
| Пример
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| Obligation (neither speaker’s authority or external authority)
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· advisability
| You shouldn’t feel unhappy over such trifles.
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· desirability
| He looks very ill. He should have stayed at home.
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· duty
| You should send in accurate income tax returns.
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· appropriateness
| You should have something better to do with your time.
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· instruction
| You should use the definite article in this sentence.
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| Deduction
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· deduction
| The film should be very good as it’s starring first-class actors.
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· assumption
| He should have finished the translation by now.
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| Emotional use
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· rhetorical questions
| Why shouldn’t you invite him?
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· object clauses beginning
with Why
| I don’t see why we should make friends.
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· attributive clauses
beginning with Why after the noun reason
| There’s no reason why they shouldn’t get on very well together.
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· constructions and set
phrases
| Who should come in but his first wife!
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· subjunctive mood
| She was terrified lest they should go on talking about her.
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| Значение
| Пример
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| Prediction
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· pure future
| He knows he will be late. / He knew he would be late.
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· present predictive
| He’ ll have finished his supper by now. / Who would that be?
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· habitual predictive
| An Englishman will usually show you the way in the street. / On Sundays he would getup early and go fishing.
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| Volition
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· willingness
| I’ ll have a sherry, please.
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· invitation
| Will you have a drink? / What would you like to drink?
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· intention
| He wouldn’t help me yesterday. / I keep asking him for help but he won’t help me.
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· insistence
| If you will keep your watch half an hour slow it is hardly surprising that you are late for your appointments. / We all tried to stop him smoking in bed but he would do it.
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| Informal use expressing a characteristic action (would)
| Bill objected. – He would!
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| Assumption (will)
| That will be Ann.
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