Scribd
Upload
36 views

Modal Perfects

Here are the responses with the modal perfects filled in: 1. Ben should have gone to the doctor sooner. Now they say it will be a month before he is fully recovered. 2. We should have left earlier. Now we are going to be late. 3. She might have gone to the shops. 4. He might not have finished his exams yet.

Uploaded by

Paula Garcia Bermudez
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
36 views

Modal Perfects

Here are the responses with the modal perfects filled in: 1. Ben should have gone to the doctor sooner. Now they say it will be a month before he is fully recovered. 2. We should have left earlier. Now we are going to be late. 3. She might have gone to the shops. 4. He might not have finished his exams yet.

Uploaded by

Paula Garcia Bermudez
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 12

Modal Perfects

Eduagny Gil, Azahara García and Paula


García.
Index
1. Modal Verbs (summary)
a. Uses
b. Definition

2. Modal Perfects
a. Definition
b. Uses
c. Modal verbs vs Modal Perfects
d. Ejercices
Modal Verbs
➔ Form and meaning
Modals verbs are auxiliary verbs used with other main verb.
Modal verbs show the speaker attitude and feelings about a situation.
➔ ¿Which are?

Can Ability, Possibility, Permission, Request...

May Possibility, permission, request, Certain and uncertain...

Will Request, certain and uncertain.

Must Certain, uncertain and obligation

Should Offer, certain and uncertain, opinion, advice....

Ought to Opinion and advice, conclusion


Modal Verbs
➔ Structure:
Subject + Modal Verb + Verb

➔ Examples

❖ I can speak English.


❖ May I have a glass of water?.
❖ I will help you.
❖ We must leave now or we will be late.
❖ They ought to work less.
❖ You shouldn't work so hard.
Modal Perfects
➔ Meaning

Modal perfects Are used to refer success or action that happened in the past.

➔ Structure

Modal Verb + have + past participle

Example (No puede haber hecho la cama)


He can't have made the bed.

Modal Verb in past


Have
perfect participle
Modal Perfects
➔ ¿ Which are?

Should have Might have Must have Could have

Debería Haber/ Tener Podría Haber/Tener Deber haber/tener Podría haber/ Tener
Modal Perfects
Use should have

To say that a different action was recommended in the past.

● Structure should + have + verb in participle

● Example I told you, you should have studied more!(Te lo dije, deberías haber estudiado más.)

I shouldn’t have eaten that last cookie.(No debería haber comido la última galleta.)

She shouldn’t have been angry, it wasn’t your fault.(No debería haberse enfadado, no fue culpa tuya.)
Modal Perfects Might have

Estructura The are used to express possibility in the past

might (not) + have + past participle:

Ejemplos:

I think it may have worked, but we gave up too soon.(Creo que podría haber funcionado, pero nos rendimos demasiado pronto.)

They might have won if their star player hadn’t been injured.(Ellos podrían haber ganado si su mejor jugador no se hubiera lesionado.)

I don’t know, it might have been different if you were there.(No sé, podría haber sido diferente si tú hubieras estado allí.)
Must Have
Must have are used to express

a logical conclusion or something that happened in the past

● Structure
Must + have + verb in participle

+ He must have passed the exam. + El debería pasar el exámen


Example - He mustn't have passed the exam. - El no debería pasar el exámen
? Must he have passed the exam? ? ¿Debería el pasar el exámen?
Could have
Could have is used to indicate
that something could have passed or one could
have done but that didn't happen or wasn’t done.

Structure: Subject + Could have + verb in participle

Examples + They could have gone with us. + Ellos podían haber ido con nosotros.
- Peter no podía haber escrito ese
- Peter couldn't have written that speech. discurso.
? Who but her could have planned such a fun party? ? ¿Quién sino ella podría haber
planificado una fiesta tan divertida?
Modal Verbs vs Modal Perfects
Modal Verbs Modal Perfects

Which are: Can, may, will, must, should Which are: Should have, might have,
and ought to must have and could have.

Use: Modal Verbs show the speaker Use: To reefer success or action that
attitude and feelings about a situation. happened in the past.

Modal Verbs are auxiliary verbs used with It’s used with modal perfects a verb in
other main verb and don´t have infinitive. participle.

Modal Verbs are formed accompanied by Modal Perfects are formed using have
another verb because are auxiliaries that and the verb in participle because
combine with other verbs to express the indicate speculation about things in the
"mode" of the verb. past.
Activity

Modal perfect de Should have y might have:

1. Ben____________ to the doctor sooner. Now they say it will be a month


before he is fully recovered.
2. We _____________earlier. Now we are going to be late.
3. She ____________gone to the shops.
4. He _____________have finished his exams yet.

You might also like