REQUESTING HELP, ASKING FOR

PERMISSION AND GIVING ADVICES.

PERMISSIONUsamos CAN para pedir por permiso para hacer

algo:

*Can I ask a question, please?

*Can we go home now.

COULD es mas formal y cortés que can:

*Could I ask a question please?

*Could we go home now?

MAY es otra forma más formal y cortés para pedir por permiso:

*May I ask a question please?

*May we go home now?

Usamos CAN para dar permiso:

*You can go home now if you like.

*You can borrow my pen if you like.

MAY es una forma más formal y educada de dar permiso:

*You may go home now, if you like.

REQUESTS

Usamos COULD y WOULD como formas educadas de decir o pedirle a alguien que haga algo.

*Could you take a message please?*Would you carry this for me please?

CAN y WILL son menos formales.

*Can you take a message please?*Will you carry this for me please?

SUGGESTIONS

Usamos SHOULD para hacer sugerencias y dar consejos.

*You should send an email.*We should go by train.

Usamos COULD para hacer sugerencias:

*We could meet at the weekend.*You could eat out tonight.

Usamos MUST para decir que es necesario hacer algo.

*You must stop at a red light.*Everyone must bring something to eat.

HAD BETTER es una manera menos formal de decir que es necesario hacer algo:

*You had better stop at a red light.

OBLIGATION/DUTY