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    This document provides an overview of perfect modals (past modals) which are used to speculate about something that happened in the past. It reviews modal verbs and their forms, as well as irregular verb forms. Examples are provided to check understanding of correct and incorrect usage of modal verbs and verb forms. The key points are: 1. Perfect modals take the form of a modal verb + have + past participle to express a past action. 2. Only the modal verb "can" has a past tense form of "could". All other modal verbs do not change form. 3. The verb after a modal verb is always in base/infinitive form, not past or past partic

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    This document provides an overview of perfect modals (past modals) which are used to speculate about something that happened in the past. It reviews modal verbs and their forms, as well as irregular verb forms. Examples are provided to check understanding of correct and incorrect usage of modal verbs and verb forms. The key points are: 1. Perfect modals take the form of a modal verb + have + past participle to express a past action. 2. Only the modal verb "can" has a past tense form of "could". All other modal verbs do not change form. 3. The verb after a modal verb is always in base/infinitive form, not past or past partic

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    This document provides an overview of perfect modals (past modals) which are used to speculate about something that happened in the past. It reviews modal verbs and their forms, as well as irregular verb forms. Examples are provided to check understanding of correct and incorrect usage of modal verbs and verb forms. The key points are: 1. Perfect modals take the form of a modal verb + have + past participle to express a past action. 2. Only the modal verb "can" has a past tense form of "could". All other modal verbs do not change form. 3. The verb after a modal verb is always in base/infinitive form, not past or past partic

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    Perfect modals (past modals)

    We use them to speculate about something that happened in the past.


    Before we get started…

    • Do you remember what modal


    verbs are?

    • Do you remember irregular verbs


    in their past and past participle
    forms?
    Let’s revise quick!
    Modal verbs: can, could, should, may, might, would, shall, etc.
    1 These verbs never change. NEVER. So we don’t say: She woulds. (It’s: She would.) The only one of these that
    has a past tense is can, the past tense is could.

    2 These modal verbs are kind of magical because you don’t need to use an auxiliary verb to make a negative or a
    question.

    You don’t say: I don’t may. You say: I may not.

    You don’t say: Do I should…? You say: Should I…?

    3 The next verb after a modal verb is always in base form. Never say: I might to cook. / She can goes. / We might
    going. / He could visited.
    Practice time!
    Are the following sentences correct?
    1. You mustn’t to be so extravagant.
    What do you say: correct or incorrect?
    Well, of course it’s incorrect! The verb after the
    modal never changes! It must be in base form!

    • Congratulations if you got this right!


    • If you didn’t, you need to catch up!

    2. He can very difficult sums in his head.


    What about this one?
    It’s incorrect! Where is the verb? This sentence
    has no meaning!
    What about the rest of the verbs?
    You may remember there are regular and irregular verbs.

    1 Regular verbs are quite easy because if you want to use


    them in past simple or past participle form, you just add: -ed
    or –d.

    2 Irregular verbs require more work because we need to


    memorize their past tense and their past participle form
    (although sometimes it’s the same).

    3 Remember that the only modal verb that has a past tense
    is can (could).

    Attention: If you still don’t know the verbs, this


    is the moment to get a list and memorize
    them. You’re on level 7!
    Let’s check how you’re doing…
    On your notebook write down the past and past participle forms of the following verbs. NO CHEATING!

    1 Base form 2 Past 3 Past participle

    1. Be Was / Were Been

    2. Do Did Done

    3. Go Went Gone

    4. Think Thought Thought

    5. Eat Ate Eaten

    6. Sleep Slept Slept

    7. Catch Caught Caught


    Now, what are Past Modals or Perfect Modals?

    They are called Past Modals because we use them to make speculations or suppositions about something
    that happened in the past.

    If you remember modal verbs don’t have a past form (except for can), so for that reason
    1 we need to complement them with something else to express a past action.

    2 We are going to use the modal verb, then have and then a verb in past participle.
    Example:

    Imagine yesterday was your birthday and your best friend didn’t congratulate you. You
    make a supposition and say: He must have been very busy.

    3 Always always always the same structure: modal + have + verb in p.p.

    Never “has” or “had” (check the rules of the modal verbs).


    How can I know which modal verb to use?
    It will depend on how sure you are about your supposition…
    Watch the following video for an auditive explanation

    *You can just watch until minute 4 or watch it complete if you want to practice.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FOuxPICcQo

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