Monday, November 24, 2014

Lesson 281--Possibilities and Impossibilities


 
When we look at a situation and must make a conclusion about what happened, we can use could have/may have and might have + past participle for possibilities.  On the other hand, when we use couldn't have + past participle , we are saying that it is impossible.

examples

Julia is not here.  She might have gone home.
There are only two stores open, so she may have gone to the closest one.
Paul has a car, so he could have gone anywhere.
Check you phone because she might have tried to call you.


Gwen doesn't have keys, so she couldn't have taken the car.
Victor forgot his phone, so he couldn't have called you.
You couldn't have seen Pablo at the mall because he is on vacation in Miami.

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