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Vts nair Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Kindly let me know the difference between these modal verbs?

may have,might have,could have..i know that all these Model verbs are used to express past possibility but i am still confused so pls explain this with examples.More over let me know which tense i can use in a sentence to express 99% past possibility.
  

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Hi Vts Nair Imagine you are telling a child about the dangers of road. " = possibility in the future Imagine a child nearly runs out in front of a car. Her mum/dad stops her and shouts: "Be careful!

— Tinyteflteacher

  • Hi Vts Nair Imagine you are telling a child about the dangers of road.
  • " = possibility in the future Imagine a child nearly runs out in front of a car.
  • Her mum/dad stops her and shouts: "Be careful!
  • " = possibility in the past, but it didn't happen.
  • You can also use may/might and could to say something was possible, and you don't know if it happened or not.
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Hi Vts Nair

Imagine you are telling a child about the dangers of road. You say:
"You must look before you cross the road, or you could have an accident."
= possibility in the future

Imagine a child nearly runs out in front of a car. Her mum/dad stops her and shouts:
"Be careful! You could have had an accident!"
= possibility in the past, but it d
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The basic meanings are as follows.

[ may / might / could ] + base form verb = It is possible that + ... present tense verb.

This film may be interesting. = This film might be interesting. = This film could be interesting.
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It is possible that this film is interesting.

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[ may / might
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