Testing Modal Controller in provider

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hi guys, I am trying to test a method that launch a modal, has anybody done this before, can someone perhaps point me in the right direction?? I have written the following test suite.

describe('bdb modal provider test suite', () => {

    let bdbModal: BdbModalProvider;
    let modal: Modal;
    let modalCtrl: ModalController;
    
    beforeEach(() => {
        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
            providers: [
                BdbModalProvider,
                { provide: ModalController, useClass: ModalControllerMock }
            ]
        });
        bdbModal = TestBed.get(BdbModalProvider);
        modalCtrl = TestBed.get(ModalController);
    });

    beforeEach(() => {
        modal = modalCtrl.create('ModalErrorPage', {});
    });

    it('should launch error modal', () => {
        spyOn(modal, 'present');
        bdbModal.launchErrModal('testing', 'error modal', 'OK');
        expect(modal.present).toHaveBeenCalled();
    });
});

this is the error log:

should launch error modal
bdb modal provider test suite
Expected spy present to have been called.
at UserContext. (webpack:///src/providers/bdb-modal/bdb-modal.spec.ts:31:30 ← test-config/karma-test-shim.js:140545:31)