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    This document discusses how to form passives with modal verbs in English. It shows that in the present, modal verbs take "be" and the past participle to form a passive, such as "can be seen". In the past, modal verbs take "have been" and the past participle, for example "could have been done". A table provides examples of active and passive forms for common modal verbs like can, should, might, must in both the present and past tenses.

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    Passives with Modals

    Modal
    verbs

    PRESENT MEANING
    MODAL + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

    Active
    Verb

    can
    could
    will
    would
    shall
    (used in
    question
    forms
    usually)
    should
    might
    may

    must

    Passive
    Verb

    can see

    can be
    seen

    should do

    should be
    done

    would sell

    would be
    sold

    might
    finish

    might be
    finished

    must pay

    must be
    paid

    Example
    That painting
    can be seen in
    the Louvre.
    The work
    should be
    done on time.
    The tickets
    would be sold
    there if
    possible.
    It might be
    finished by
    next week.
    Employees
    must be paid
    on the last day
    of the month.

    PAST MEANING
    MODAL + HAVE BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE

    Active Modal

    Passive Modal

    Example

    could have done

    could have
    been done

    It could have been


    done by John.

    should have finished

    should have
    been finished

    It should have been


    finished yesterday.

    might have
    might/must have lost
    been lost

    It might have been


    lost when we were
    travelling.

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