As a modal it is mostly used in negative and interrogative sentences. It has only one tense form – the present.
Meaning
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| Other ways
to express the same meaning
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1. absence of necessity (in negatives)
| needn’t do
needn’t have done (denotes that smth, that has been done, was unnecessary
| не має не обхід-ності
можна не
дарма
не потрібно було
| There is no need to do it. It’s not necessary to it.
There is no necessity to do it
| The tutor needn’t explain such simple things. We know them quite well.
We needn’t have brought our books on economics. We are having a class in English instead.
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2. permission not to smth
| you needn’t do
| можете не
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| You needn’t do it.
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e.g. Do you need any money?
He didn’t need to be told twice.
Meaning
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| Ways of rendering into Ukrainian
| Other ways
to express the same meaning
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1. promise (in statements and negatives)
| smb shall do
smb shan’t do
| by emphatic intonation
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| Don’t worry, you shall have a minute’s rest before the meeting begins.
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2. threat and warning (in statements and negatives)
| smb shall do
smb shan’t do
| by emphatic intonation
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| You shall be sorry. Put on your warm coat or you shall be sick.
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3. asking for instructions (in questions)
| Shall I (he, she, we, they) do smth?
| by emphatic intonation
| Must I do it?
Do you want me to do it?
Am I to do it?
| Shall I read the text again?
Shall he do it?
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4. advice and mild obligation (in statements, questions and negatives)
| should (not) do
ought (not) to do
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| You should take this medicine three times a day before your meals.
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5. criticism of a past action (in statements and negatives)
| should (not) have done
ought (not) have done
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| You ought to / should be speaking more clearly. You oughtn't to / shouldn’t have done it.
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6. supposition implying probability (in statements and negatives)
| should (not) do
ought (not) to do
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| very likely
very probably
probably not
it’s unlikely that
| Our guests should / ought to be here soon. This homework oughtn’t to / shouldn’t take you too long.
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7. set expressions (in questions)
| Why should somebody do smth?
Why should smb have done smth?
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| Why should I go there?
Why should he have told us the truth?
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Meaning
| Forms
| Ways of rendering into Ukrainian
| Other ways
to express the same meaning
| Sentence patterns
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1. volition (in statements and negatives)
| will / would do
won’t / wouldn’t do
| хочу
не бажаю
все одно відмовля-ється
| I intend
I’m willing
We want
Smb refuses
| I won’t do it. She wouldn’t take the medicine. The pen won’t write.
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2. requests (in questions)
| will do
would do (sounds more polite)
| будь ласка
| Could you give me …
May I ask you to give …
| Will you pass me the salt? Would you come to tea this afternoon?
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3. a repeated action (in past statements)
| would do
| звичайно
бувало
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| He would fish for hours without catching anything.
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4. order
| will do
| by emphatic intonation
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| You will do it at once.
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5. prediction of a future action
| will do
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| His latest book will be out next month. I think it will rain tomorrow.
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6. certainty about the present and past (in statements and negatives)
| will / would do – present
will / would have done – past
| певен
скоріш за все
напевно
| I believe
I’m sure
I guess
| Leave the meat in the oven. It won’t be cooked yet.
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