Past Modal Verbs in the Passive Voice
(past modal verb) + have + been +
past participle
Many
modal verbs have a past tense form. Here are some of
them.
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Modal
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Past tense form
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can
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could
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will
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would
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may
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might
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shall
/ should
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should
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| is going to |
was/were going to
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| (be) able to |
was/were able to
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have to
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had to
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Pancakes can be made on
a stove.
They could have been made in the oven, but they
wouldn't have turned out so good.
(past possibility)
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1. Bikes may be ridden on this bike path.
2. Earlier, these bikes might have been
taken through the
streets of Minneapolis.
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Flowers will be grown in my garden again this summer.
Corn would have been grown last
summer, but corn stalks take up too much space.
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Her work has to be done by tomorrow or she'll get in trouble
with her boss.
Originally, It had to have been done by
yesterday, but her boss gave her extra time to finish it.
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Something should be done about global warming or else some
types of penguins will perish from the earth.
Something should have been done many years ago but wasn't.
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A lot of cows can be raised on
a productive farm.
Corn could have been raised instead,
but this farmer decided to grow grass. He's a smart farmer!
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Remember:
Modal verbs in the past tense describe something that
was or wasn't done. What makes the use of modal verbs so
difficult in these examples is that they're being used
in the passive voice.
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