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9.2 Passive with Modals

fo PS
They should solve the problem. The problem should be solved.

Object Subject

aa Present and Future Passive
Modal (No?) + Be + Past Participle

Present The plans must be approved.

The research might be done next month.
Future
The report won't be seen by the public.

PT rostrossve
Modal (No?) + Have Been + Past Participle
The money may have been taken.

Past She should not have been told the news.

1. The passive form with a medal is the The monkey can be trained.
modal + be (no?) + the past participle The elephant couldn't be moved.
of the verb.

2.For passive sentences with the mocal
expressions be going to or have fo, use:
a. be going to + be + past participle a. The work is going to be completed soon.
b. have to + be + past participle b. The project has to be done now.

6 Complete the sentences. Use the modal and the passive form of the verbs in parentheses.
1. Sea turtles_Must not be disturbed (must / not disturb) during the nesting season.

2. Rules about proper behavior around sea turtles
(should / follow).

3. Information about the turtles (can / find) at
nature preserves.

4. New beach rules (be going to / post).

5. In many coastal towns, no street lights
(will / turn on) when the turtles are nesting.

6. Photographs (should only / take) from far away.

7. The effects of human behavior on sea turtles
(might / understand) more clearly now.

8. Perhaps more sea turtles (will / save) in the
future.

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