EAP 0600: Review of All Modals

• ​there is no tense

• ​there is no agreement

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​Lisa might apply for a promotion.

​Lisa might not apply for a promotion.

​Might Lisa apply for a promotion?

​Who might apply for a promotion?

​Why might Lisa apply for a promotion?

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​Modals are grammatically simple--their meaning is what's hard.

For this class, don't worry about "would" much. It's more commonly used with conditionals. "Will" is mainly used for future meanings.

• ​may (not) have

• ​might (not) have

• can not have​

• could (not) have

• ​should (not) have + past participle

• ​will (not) have

• ​would (not) have

• ​must (not) have

We don't say "can have" + pp, but we can say "can't have" + pp.


Bob can't have eaten the pepperoni pizza; he's vegan.

1. Ana may/might have taken math previously.

2. ​Michelle can't have traveled to Mars.

3. ​Pierre couldn't have driven to California yesterday.

4. ​We should have played another view game.

5. (*​Nery will have finished INT 1010 by Dec. 7.)

6. ​(*Dayomi would have taken the online 1100 if she had wanted to.)

7. ​Adjo must have studied hard since she did so well.

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​*These have meanings outside of what we learned in class.

​There are a number of modal-like auxiliaries that we use in addition to using true modals. Some have tense and agreement:

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• ​have to / not have to

• ​be (not) supposed to

• ​need to / not need to

• ​be (not) able to

• ​know how to

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​Some don't: ought to, had better