He can’t have done. He doesn’t even own a house.
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COULD + SMELL, TASTE, THINK, BELIEVE, ETC
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We use could to refer to single events that happened in the past, with verbs of the senses smell, taste, see, hear, touch, etc. and mental processes
think, believe, remember, understand etc.:
The food was terrible. I could taste nothing but salt. We knew they were in there. We could hear voices inside.
He came and spoke to me, but I couldn’t remember his name. REPORTING CAN
We use could when reporting clauses with can as past events:
They told us we could wait in the hallway. The original words were
probably: ‘You can wait in the hallway.’
She said we could book the tickets online. The speaker remembers
hearing ‘You can book the tickets online.’
CRITICISM
We often use could have + -ed form to express disapproval or criticism:
• You could have called to say you would be late. You didn’t call – I
think you should have called.
• You could have tidied your room. REGRET
We use could have + -ed form to talk about things that did not happen and sometimes to expresses regret:
• He could have been a doctor. • I could have been famous.
We often use the expression how could youshehethey? to show disapproval to show that we don’t like what someone has done:
Grandfather, how could you? How could you leave me? How could you have gone without telling me?
In the conversation:
A: We had to give away our dog when we moved to England.
B: Oh, how could you?
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3 WILL
WILL: FORM AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Will comes first in the verb phrase in a statement after the subject and before another verb. It is often contracted to ’ll in informal situations:
• The next Olympic Games will be in London. • I’ll give you a call at about 6 o’clock.
• Will cannot be used with another modal verb: • You will be obliged to sign a contract before starting employment.
Not: You will must sign a contract .. or You must will sign a contract .. Will can be followed by have to or be able to:
You’ll have to let me know when it arrives. She will be able to live nearer her parents if she gets the job.
NEGATIVE FORM
The negative form of will is won’t. We don’t use don’t, doesn’t, didn’t with will:
• They won’t tell us very much until January.
Not: They don’t will tell us very much until January. We use the full form will not in formal contexts or when we want to
emphasize something:
• I’ll carry her but I will not push a pram. QUESTION FORM
The subject and will change position to form questions. We don’t use do, does, did:
• Will you be home earlier tomorrow? • Will I be able to take this brochure home with me?
• Will the number be in the phone book?
Not: Does the number will be in the phone book? We can use will and won’t in question tags:
You won’t forget to take the cake out of the oven, will you? It’ll take quite a long time to get there, won’t it?
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WILL OR ’LL?
We commonly use ’ll as the short form of will and shall. In speaking, will and shall are usually contracted to ’ll, especially after subject pronouns I, we,
you, they, he, she, it:
We’ll meet you outside the coffee shop.
more common in speaking than We will meet you … However, in some contexts ’ll is normally the only choice. In such cases, ’ll is
best not seen as a contraction of either will or shall, but as an independent form.
As an independent form, ’ll is often used to indicate a personal decision:
There’s the cinema. We’ll get out here and you can park the car over
there. Not: We shallwill get out …
In a conversation: A: Anyone want a drink?