Danna's and Jerónimo's Lesson

Modal verbs of speculation and deduction / Vocabulary

Must

SEGURO

May/Might/Could

POSIBLE

Can't

IMPOSIBLE

Present

Modal + Base verb

Past

Modal + Have + Past Participle (V3)

She must have forgotten her book.

She might have missed the bus.

He can’t be at home.

He might be at school.

He must be tired.

What happened before?

What's happening now?

A glass of water is spilled on the floor.

A phone in the teacher's desk.

A broken window.

A dog sleeping next to an empty plate.

The cake is gone.

Modals

Conditionals

Third conditional

If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick.

She wouldn't have been tired if she had gone to bed earlier.

I wouldn’t have arrived on time if I hadn’t taken a taxi.

If I hadn’t overslept, I wouldn’t have been late.

If you had trained harder, you would have won the race.

If clause

if + past perfect

Main clause

would/could/might have + past participle (V3)

Imaginary situations in the past and their consequences.

Algo que YA ha pasado y, por lo tanto, NO podemos cambiar.

Danna's and Jerónimo's Lesson. Modals of deduction and speculation. Third Conditional. Vocabulary.

By Valentina Rodríguez Ramírez

Danna's and Jerónimo's Lesson. Modals of deduction and speculation. Third Conditional. Vocabulary.

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