Looking out of your window in the morning, you notice that all the flowers in your garden are missing.
What happened? You take a guess at it:
"A rabbit might have eaten all my flowers."
Let's take a look at that form.
might (modal) + have + eaten (past participle verb)
We use the modal might (you can also use may or could) because they show that we are not 100% sure about what happened. We are speculating about past events (guessing what we think happened). We then must use have followed by a past participle verb. We use 'must' when we have a stronger opinion about what happened.
Here are some other examples:
"My neighbour could have stolen the flowers"
"The wind might have blown them all away."
You can find more information here: Speculating about past events
- Erica must ___ gone out. I can't see her.













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No Mistakes
I might have learnt speculating about past events rather efficiently - no mistakes!!!!

Thank you for the Lesson!
modal verb + have + past participle
Nothing difficult. I like this topic: one more way to make guesses or show that you're uncertain.
The last apple's gone! My sister might have taken it.
My boyfriend's being late. He could have been stuck in traffic jams.
My cat is purring satisfied. She could have stolen something in the kitchen.
easy lesson
thank you for teaching us how to spectulate about past events (guessing what we think happened).
Thanks
Thanks for the lesson.
Have a nice day/night/week/weekend!
10/10
tahnks indeed about the useful lessons
have a nice day
Great. Thanks alot.
Great.
Thanks alot.