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Compiled from Grammar Builder Book 3 |
The rules:
- In a statement, can, could, may or might is used in this way:
Subject + can/could/may/might +
base form of main verb/ the verb ‘to be’
- You may sit
with us.
- Jason
might be the new manager.
- In a question, can, could, may or
might is used at the beginning of the sentence.
Can/Could/May/Might
+
subject + base form of main verb/the verb ‘to be’
·
Can ducks fly?
·
Could you be nicer to
your sister?
- Could and might are used to express the possibility
of an action or event in the
past:
Subject
+ could/might + have
+ past participle form of main
verb/ the verb ‘to be’
·
John could
have seen
this movie.
·
Peter might have fed the dog.
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Compiled from Grammar Builder Book 3 |
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