modals + have
We use a modal verb with have and the past participle:
| Subject | Modal | Have | Past Participle | |
| They | will | have | arrived | by now |
| You | might | have | seen | the film |
| Jack and Jill | would | have | been | late |
We use a modal verb with have to refer back:
- … from a point of time in the past:
We were very worried. Someone might have taken the car.
- … from the present
It is nearly eight o’clock. They will have arrived by now.
- …or from the future:
We won’t eat until they arrive. They might not have had supper.
- or to refer to past time:
You should have helped her when she asked.
They might have got lost. Nobody knows where they are.
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