139 ought的各种形式

 

ought是情态动词。(参见第107B。)

ought没有其他形式,可用于现在时以及将来时。用于过去时则位于动词过去式之后或不定式的完成式之前:

I ought to write to him todaytomorrow

我今天/明天应该给他写封信。

I knew I ought to write to him

我那时知道我应该给他写封信。

She said I ought to write

她说我应该写。

I knowknew that I ought to have written

我知道/那时知道我该写的。

否定式:ought not/oughtn't

疑问式:ought I?等

否定疑问式:ought I not?/oughtn't I?等

ought与带to的不定式连用。为了提醒学生这一点,常称之为ought to

问句或话语中用ought to的时候,可以用 should来回答;用should的问句或话语也可以用ought to回答:

You ought to put in central heating

YesI suppose I should

―你应该装上暖气。

―是的,我应该装。