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- 1MODALS: PASSIVE VOICE, PRESENT TENSEcan could
may might
must ought to
should
Modals use with BE
Uses: possibilities, abilities, suggestions, necessity, predctions. - 2Formmodal+be+past participle:
The police budget could be cut.
Some city employees might be fired.
I think that taxes ought to be decreased.
I think that taxes ought not to be increased.
City services should not be reduced. - 3Modals with getAdditional uses:
Emphasizes action: The budget could get cut!
Informal: he might get fired.
More often used with living things: Firefighters might get laid off. - 4Form using getModal+get+past participle:
Some city employees might get fired.
The council members ought to get fired! - 5MODALS: PAST TENSE,PASSIVE VOICEModas with been or gotten past passive
Uses:
*Make deductions about past events: The issues could have been addressed last year.
*speculate about past events: The mayor might not have gotten reelected then. - 6Form: modal +have been/gotten+past participlemodalverb+ have been/gotten+past participle:
These financial issues should have been addressed over the last two years.
The mayor ought not to have gotten reelected.
The problems could have been identified two years ago.
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