含情态动词的被动
情态动词后的被动用「情态动词 + be + 过去分词」。
must / can / should / may + be done
要点
- 结构是「情态动词 + be + 过去分词」,其中的 be 永远是原形。
- 否定在情态动词后加 not:need not be done。
- 变疑问句把情态动词提到句首:Must it be done today?
- 也能用完成式:should have been done(本应该被……)。
- "要求"还是"判断"由情态动词自己定:The work must be finished today(必须)对比 The work cannot be finished today(办不到)—— 架子相同,意思差一层;推测强弱的整条线在「情态动词表推测」那条。
- need 在这里有两种身份:作情态动词说 need not be done(不必被做),作实义动词说 need to be done(需要做)—— 判它看 need 后面站的是裸原形还是 to be。
- 落点在责备的"本来该被…却没"用 should have been done:The letters should have been posted on Monday.(结果没寄)—— 这一式与「情态 + have done」同路。
例句
The work must be finished today.
这项工作今天必须完成。
The problem can be solved in another way.
这个问题可以用另一种方式解决。
Homework should be handed in on time.
作业应当按时交。
The window must have been broken by the wind.
窗户一定是被风刮破的。
The tickets should have been booked earlier.
票本该早点订的。
Nothing can be done without his signature.
没有他的签字,什么都办不了。
易错提示
- 别写成 must been done 或 must is done —— 情态动词后面一律 be。
- 含情态动词的被动没有时态变化,「过去」的含义由 should have been 这类形式承担。
- 两个 been 别嫌重复:must be done 里情态后面只能是原形 be(写成 must been done 就错了);可一旦接完成式,been 归在 have 后面 —— must have been done 这一式里两处规矩并不打架。