This
exercise practices past modals
which is a very important
advanced grammar. Please, listen
and check both text and
translations, at least three
times.
Esta actividad
de audio practica los modales en
pasado que es una gramática muy
importante para nivel avanzado.
Por favor, escucha y repasa los
textos y traducciones, por lo
menos tres veces.
PROBABILITY ► It is
probable that ...
She
must have left already.
Ella debe haber salido ya. (Es
probable que haya salido ya).
She
must not have wanted to
come.
Ella no debe haber querido venir. (Es
probable que no haya querido
venir).
She
couldn't have forgotten
the party.
Ella no pudo haberse olvidado de la fiesta. (No es
probable que se haya olvidado de
la fiesta).
POSSIBILITY ► It is
possible that ...
She
may have forgotten our
invitation.
Ella puede haber olvidado nuestra invitación. (Es
posible que haya olvidado nuestra
invitación).
She
might have forgotten
the time.
Ella pudo haber olvidado nuestra invitación. (Es
posible que hubiera olvidado nuestra
invitación).
Her car
could have broken down.
Su auto pudo haberse averiado. (Es
posible que su auto se haya averiado).
She
may not have wanted to
come.
Puede que ella no haya querido venir. (Es
posible que ella no haya querido
venir).
She
might not have remembered
the time.
Pudo ocurrir que ella no hubiera recordado la hora.
(Es posible que no hubiera
recordado la hora).
Activity 126:
Basándote en la gramática anterior analiza estas situaciones y
selecciona de cada menú la explicación más lógica o adecuada.
Verifica luego las respuestas correctas.
SITUATION
EXPLANATION
1.
Luciana wasn't in a very good mood today.
2.
David got a call and looked very worried.
3.
The teacher looked very pleased today. .
4.
Guillermo couldn't keep his eyes open.
5.
Victor was fired from his job.
6.
Roberto seems to be broke.
Activity 127:
Basándote en la gramática anterior completa estas conversaciones
seleccionando de cada menú los modales en pasado más adecuados.
Es posible que tengas que repetir más de un modal Verifica luego las
respuestas correctas.
1.
A:
Veronique never responded to my
invitation.
B:
She received
it. You called
her.
2.
A:
Julio
hasn't answered his phone for a week.
B:
He
gone on vacation. He
told you. Sometimes Julio is very
inconsiderate.
3.
A:
I can
never fax Rocio. There was something
wrong with her machine again this
morning.
B:
Yeah,
I have the same problem faxing her. Her
machine
run out of paper. She
check the fax machine.
4.
A:
Andrew is
strange. Sometimes he works really hard,
but sometimes he seems pretty lazy. Last
week, he hardly did any work.
B:
Well, you
know, he
felt well. Still, he
told you that he was sick.
5.
A:
I
ordered a book a month ago, but the
store still hasn't called me back to say
the book has arrived.
B:
They had
a problem with the publisher, but they
let
you know.
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