Modal + Progressive Verb form

Past modal continuous tense (could, should, would, might + be + -ing verb)

Use:

• used when you are not sure if the subject is doing an action. However, this action is possible, necessary or likely.

Examples:

I could be living in Vietnam.

We should be keeping an eye on his progress at school.

She would be regretting this decision.

His flashy personality might be ruining his blind date.


Present modal continuous tense (will, shall, can, must + be + -ing verb)

Use:

• used when you are not sure if the subject will be in the middle of doing an action or is planning to take an action in the future. However, this action is possible, necessary or likely that he is or will.


Examples:

The young girls must be thinking of their spring dance.

The audience will be sneering at his corny jokes.

The child may be imbibing his parents’ habits.

He shall be demonstrating proper first aid for sprains.

Her eyes can be stinging from the smoke.

We must be splitting the bill.


https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/137377/could-have-vs-could-have-been

https://phoneenglish.es/blog/2018/02/modal-continuous-modal-ing/#respond


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