D-06.06 Use Simple, Continuous & Perfect Modal-Verb Phrasing

Parts One to Four of Chapter 6 (“Going Places”) of WorkLife English Grammar 5: Language & Culture in Depth, pages 107-126 20 pages Who It’s For: (Self) Teachers & Helpers at (Almost) Advanced Learning Levels Why It’s Useful: Most modal-verb patterns consist of a modal (can/could, will/would, shall/should, may, might, must, had better) before the base form of another verb without endings. But if the second verb is be before an -ing verb, the phrase can express a guess or prediction about future activity. And if it’s the verb is have before a past participle, the “perfect verb phrase” can refer to completion of future action; past (im)possibility or deduction; past advice that wasn’t taken; or a past hypothetical. Sound complicated? It all comes together in these amusing stories with follow-up pedagogy and practice. What You’ll Do:  [1]  To start Parts One, Two, & Three, first correct the errors in Simple, Continuous, & Perfect Modal-Verb Phrases (respectively) i