【明報專訊】MoMo and Bill are participating in a typing competition(打字比賽). Eason has outdone them. Will he get an award?
English highway-sentence
Modals+have+past participle
We use the pattern modal verb + have + past participle to make a guess about something that probably happened in the past.
e.g. Tom must have eaten my pudding.
(= I am quite sure Tom has eaten my pudding.)
e.g. You could have told me before you left.
(= It'd be better if you had told me before you left.)
■Quiz
Choose the correct modal verb in each of the following sentences.
1. MoMo (must/could) have practised hard to win the competition.
2. Bill (must/could) have remained silent, but he pointed out Eason's mistake.
3. Tom (mustn't/couldn't) have been hungry. He had eaten a huge hamburger before he went there.
4. The guard didn't catch the thief. He (must/could) have escaped.
■Glossary
outdo (v) 做得比(某人)好
nervous (adj) 緊張
recognition (n) 辨認
escape (v) 逃走
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