Unit 1
Life Plans.
A personal life plan is a roadmap that helps you prioritize what is most important to you, make decisions based on your priorities, and move toward the life you want. You must have a clear path for what you want, but you must also be flexible.
PERFEC MODALS...
Perfect modals take a modal verb (could, should, must, could/may) and combine it with a perfect tense phrase (have + past participle)
EXAMPLE:
Ellos deben haber ido a la playa.
They must have gone to the beach.
Sujeto + Modal + have + Participio + Resto de Frase
Ellos deberían haber ido a la playa.
They should have gone to the beach.
COULD: The perfect modal 'could have' is used to indicate a possibility that took place in the past but was not carried out.
Ellos podrían haber jugado al fútbol.
They could have played football.
MAY / MIGHT: We use the perfect modals 'may have' and 'might have' to make an assumption about something that took place in the past
Él puede haber visitado a su familia.
He may have visited his family.
Él podría haber visitado a su familia.
He might have visited his family.
MUST: The modal 'must have' to give a comment on the past based on something obvious.
Mary debe haber comprado un nuevo coche.
Mary must have bought a new car.
SHOULD: The modal 'should have' (also 'ought to have') is used to show a complaint or to indicate that your expectations have not been met.
Ellos deberían haber traído música a la fiesta.
They should have brought music to the party.
WOULD: The modal 'would have' is used to indicate that something could have happened, but for some reason it did not happen.
Ellos habrían ido a la fiesta, pero estaban cansados.
They would have gone to the party, but they were tired.
VOCABULARY.Wonder
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