Practice 10
Read the text in Practice 8 once again. Then answer the following questions. 1. 2. 3.
Enrich Your
Identify the general classiÀcation of the text. Can you write a description of the text? What is the form of the text?
Knowledge
Taking a Message from Incoming Hotel’s Telex Listen carefully to the incoming telex in one hotel. Then, write down the messages in the following form. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Number : Attention : Hotel : Message : The guest’s name is He wants to stay from He will arrive at about
to at . He wants a
, to and
.
food.
G r a m m a r Stage Special Finites ‘May’ and ‘Might’ • ‘May’ and ‘might’ are always used as special Ànites. Remember that we do not use ‘may’ to refer to the past; ‘might’ can refer to either present, past or future. a. We use ‘may’ to express formal permission whether it is asked, given or refused: “May I go now?” “Yes, you may.” b. ‘May’ is also used to express prohibition, usually in official notices: Participants may not enter the ring until the bell rings. c. Both ‘may’ and ‘might’ show possibility: We have a few minutes left; we may still catch the bus. Special Finites ‘Can’ and ‘Could’ • ‘Can’ and ‘could’ are always used as special Ànites. • ‘Could’ is the past tense form of ‘can’. • ‘Can’ and ‘could’ are used a. to replace the more formal ‘may/might’ in expressing permission: “Can I borrow this book?” “No, you can’t.” “Could I ask you a question?” “Yes, you can.” (Not: could) b. to express ability or capacity to do something: I can beat him at swimming any time!
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