HA3 - Modal verbs (past)

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Modal Verbs (Past)

Modal verbs

(past)

What grammar do you need to know?

• may /might / could have
• may/ might not have
• must have & can't / couldn't have
• should / shouldn't have

Modal verbs of speculation and deduction - 

past

• Must have + past participle - when we are 90% certain that something was true
  I must have forgotten my phone at home. I was so busy.
  
  
• May / might / could have or may / might not have + past participle - when there is a 50% possibility that something was true (or not). 
  Our grandfather might have made millions of dollars, but he never told us.
  
  
• Can't / couldn't have - when we are 90% certain that something was not true.
  She can't have known that I didn't like fish. I probably never told her!
  
  

Modal verbs of advice - past

• Should have + past participle or shouldn't have + past participle - to criticise past actions or to say that they were a mistake. 
  You should have locked your bike. Now it has been stolen!

What modal verb do we use when we are 90% sure that something was not true?

1. could have
2. might have
3. must have
4. can't have

What modal verbs can you use when there is a 50% possibility that something was true?

Create a sentence using "should have"

Create a sentence using ""

We ___ gone to the concert. I'm so tired now.

1. might have
2. could have
3. shouldn't have
4. mustn't have

You ___ told me earlier. Now I looked like a fool for not knowing the answer.

1. might not have
2. mustn't have
3. should have

He ___ taken the wrong train. He is never this late.

1. couldn't have
2. must have
3. should have

They ___ finished the project on time, but they didn't work hard enough.

1. might not have
2. could have
3. shouldn't have

He ___ taken the wrong train. He always takes the car.

1. couldn't have
2. must have
3. should have

She ___ called you yesterday. She didn't have her phone.

1. should have
2. must have
3. couldn't have
4. might have

I completely understand these modal verbs now!

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Individual Work

Level 1: exercises from the book (page 56 - ex. 5 & 6) + Oxford Learn 

Level 2: Using modal verbs in writing - giving advice (Learnbeat)

(on the next slide you'll let me know what you're working on) 

Individual Work

Level 2: Using modal verbs in writing - giving advice (Learnbeat)

On Learnbeat you'll write a reply to a teen struggling 

I'm doing level:

1. 1
2. 2