Grammar Level 4- Lesson Eight
In this grammar lesson, you learn about Past Modal Passive in English and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Just follow examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Grammar Recap
In our previous lesson, we covered the Modal Passive If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
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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.
Modal
- can
- will
- may
- shall / should
- is going to
- (be) able to
- have to
Past Tense Form
- could
- would
- might
- should
- was/were going to
- was/were able to
- had to
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)
1. Bikes may be ridden on this bike path.
2. Earlier, these bikes might have been taken through the streets of Arizona.
a- permission is given
b- possibility
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.
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.
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.
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!
Quiz for Past Modal Passive
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