Modals in The Past
Modals in The Past
in the
past
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May/might have+ past participle
is used to suggest uncertainty or
May possibility about the past.
have/Might
For example:
have I lost my cell phone. I may have
left it at school
Could have + past participle is
used in two ways : to talk about
the past with uncertainty, or to
talk about an option in the past
Could that was not taken.
have
For example:
Do you think I could have left my
sell phone at your house?
Must have + past participle is
used for drawing conclusions
about the past.
Must
have
For example:
I got lost on the way here, I must
have taken a wrong turn
somewhere.
should have + past participle is
used to talk about mistakes
made in the past or expectations
Should that have not been met.
have
For example:
They should have arrived by
now.
Was/Were supposed to + base
verb is used to express that an
Was/ expected action didn’t happen.
Were
supposed For example:
to The football game was
suupposed to start at 1:00, but it
was postponed because the
rain.
Passive modals in the past are
used to give opinions about
events and situations that
Passive happened in the past, the form
modals in is: subject + modal + have been
+ past participle.
the past
For example:
The money could have been
given to the poor.
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