MODALS IN THE PAST Flashcards
1
Q
Logical conclusion on a
past event
A
MUST HAVE + P.P
2
Q
Deduction on a past
event
A
MAY / MIGHT HAVE +
P.P
3
Q
Possibility to do
something, gone
unfulfilled
A
COULD HAVE + P.P
4
Q
Certainty that
something couldn’t have
happened
A
COULDN’T HAVE + P.P
5
Q
Desire to do something,
but impossibly do it for
external causes
A
WOULD HAVE + P.P
6
Q
Lament on something
that should have done
A
SHOULD/OUGHT TO
HAVE + P.P
7
Q
Critique on something
that shouldn’t have
happened
A
SHOULDN’T HAVE + P.P
8
Q
Something that wasn’t
necessary doing
A
NEEDN’T HAVE + P.P
