Modals with 'have'

Learn about using have with moda

l verbs to refer back in time, 

and do the exercises to practise using it.

Level: intermediate

We can use a modal 

verb with have and a past participle:

Subject	Modal	have	Past participle
They	will	have	arrived	by now.
You	might	have	seen	the film.
Jack and Jill	would	have	been	late.

We use a modal verb with have:

• to refer back from the present:
• It's nearly eight o'clock.
•  They will have arrived by now.

• to refer back from a point of time in the past:
• We were very worried. We thought
•  someone might have taken the car.

• to refer back from a point of time
•    in the future:
• We won't eat until they arrive. 
• They might not have had supper.

• to refer to past time:
• You should have helped
•  her when she asked.
  They might have got lost.
•  Nobody knows where they are.
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