Imagine you saw a graph for company profits like this:-
PROFITS
YEAR 1 / YEAR 2 / YEAR 3 / YEAR 4
Let's try to use the following structures to speculate about what could have caused this plunge / plummet (caída en picado):-
There might have been bad press for the company's products.
The company owner must have had financial problems.
The company would have gone bankrupt in year 5 if the profits had kept plunging.
PERFECT MODAL VERBS:-
SB + MODAL VERB + AUX. HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
e.g. There could have been a problem with company's shares on the stock market. (Impersonal SB)
OR
Mrs Black (the CEO) might have resigned. (Personal SB)
THE THIRD CONDITIONAL
IF + SB + HAD + PAST PART., SB + MODAL VERB + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
OR
SB + MODAL VERB + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE IF SB + HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
e.g. If the profits had carried on growing like in year two, the company would have been in a fantastic position nowadays.
Feel free to leave your own examples in the comments!
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario