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Grammar

Modal verb

The underlined parts are the way I understood the modal phrase. If you see any mistakes, can I have your comments?

I couldn't have been more than five years old.--> I am pretty sure that I was yonger than five years old.

I might have been as young as three--> It is possible that I was around three years old.

We should have left ealirer--> We did not leave earlier and I regret it.

W might have gotton to the store in time--> It is possible that we arrived there in time.

I could have had some ice cream--> It was possible I had some ice cream but I was not able to have it.
  

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--> I am very sure that I was younger than five years old . I might have been as young as three--> It is possible that I was three years old. We should have left earlie r--> We did not leave earlier but I think it would have been a good idea to do so.

— Mister Micawber

  • --> I am very sure that I was younger than five years old .
  • I might have been as young as three--> It is possible that I was three years old.
  • We should have left earlie r--> We did not leave earlier but I think it would have been a good idea to do so.
  • We might have gotten to the store in time--> It is possible that we would have arrived there in time.
  • I could have had some ice cream--> It was possible to have ice cream, but I did not.
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I couldn't have been more than five years old.--> I am very sure that I was younger than five years old.

I might have been as young as three--> It is possible that I was three years old.

We should have left earlier--> We did not leave earlier but I think it would have been a good idea to do so.

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