Modals + Have
Modals + Have
Podemos utilizar los verbos modales seguidos del auxiliary 'have' (sujeto+ modal + have + participio) para indicar acción en el pasado: I should have gone.
| 1. Present I work I am working |
2. Present perfect I have worked I have been working |
| 3. Past I worked I was working |
4. Past perfect I had worked I had been working |
| 5. Future I will work I will be working |
6. Future perfect I will have worked I will have been working |
| 7. Future (going to) I am going to work I am going to be working |
8. Future perfect (going to) I am going to have worked I am going to have been working |
| 9. Future in past I was going to work I was going to be working |
10. Future perfect in past I was going to have worked I was going to have been working |
| 11. Conditional I would work I would be working |
12. Conditional perfect I would have worked I would have been working |
| 13. Modals I (can, could, ...) work I (can, could, ...) be working |
14. Modals + have I (can, could, ...) have worked I (can, could, ...) have been working |
| 15. Imperative Work! Let's work! |
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Simple Tenses - Continuous Tenses
Modals + Have
What (could/should/...) have happened? - ¿Qué (podría/debería/...) haber pasado?I (could/should/...) have worked - (podría/debería/...) haber trabajado
- Fred made a lot of noise when he came home. You must have heard him.
Fred hizo mucho ruido cuando llegó anoche. Debiste haberlo oído. - The news was awful. You should have said something about it.
La noticia era espantosa. Deberías haber dicho algo al respecto. - That was a terrible accident! The driver must have hurt himself.
¡Ese fue un accidente terrible! El conductor debió haberse lastimado. - Pam had a toothache. She should have visited the dentist.
A Pam le dolía un diente. Debería haber visitado al dentista. - There was a flying saucer in the sky last night. You must have seen it.
Había un plato volador en el cielo anoche. Debiste haberlo visto. - Nick's dog ran away. It must have been scared of the thunderstorm.
El perro de Nick se escapó. Debió haberse asustado de la tormenta eléctrica. - You should have seen Jen in her wedding dress.
Deberías haberla visto a Jen en su vestido de novia. - The maid should not have frozen the vegetables.
La mucama no debería haber congelado los vegetales. - Sarah failed the exam. She must not have studied enough.
Sara no pasó el examen. No debe haber estudiado lo suficiente. - Mr. Benson should not have accepted Dr. Harrison's proposal.
El Sr. Benson no debería haber aceptado la propuesta del Dr. Harrison. - Should mom have woken you up at 7:00?
¿Mamá debería haberte despertado a las 7:00? - Should they have left earlier?
¿Deberían haber partido más temprano? - Could I have applied for a sick leave?
¿Podría haber solicitado una licencia por enfermedad?
Modals + Have - Continuous Form
What (could/should/...) have been happening? - ¿Qué (podría/debería/...) haber estado pasando?I (could/should/...) have been working - (podría/debería/...) haber estado trabajando
- I could have been dancing at the party instead of staying at home.
Yo podría haber estado bailando en la fiesta en lugar de quedarme en casa. - The baby must have been eating. The table is dirty.
El bebé debió haber estado comiendo. La mesa está sucia. - My friends should have been waiting here for me.
Mis amigos deberían haber estado esperándome aquí. - It has been raining a lot lately. You should not have been watering the garden.
Ha estado lloviendo mucho últimamente. No deberías haber estado regando el jardín. - Patrick is ill again. He must not have been taking his medicine.
Patrick está enfermo de nuevo. No debe haber estado tomando su medicina. - Should they have been lighting the candles?
¿Ellos deberían estar prendiendo las velas? - Could we have been swimming at the beach?
¿Podríamos haber estado nadando en la playa?
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