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Shouldvexercises

This document provides definitions and examples for the modal verbs "should have", "could have", and "would have" which are used to talk about past possibilities, advice, and imagined scenarios. It defines "should have" as referring to past advice or recommended actions, "could have" as referring to past possibilities, and "would have" as referring to imagined results of alternative past situations. The document then provides examples of rewriting sentences using these modal verbs in the appropriate contexts of possibility, advice, or the imaginary/alternative past.

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Shouldvexercises

This document provides definitions and examples for the modal verbs "should have", "could have", and "would have" which are used to talk about past possibilities, advice, and imagined scenarios. It defines "should have" as referring to past advice or recommended actions, "could have" as referring to past possibilities, and "would have" as referring to imagined results of alternative past situations. The document then provides examples of rewriting sentences using these modal verbs in the appropriate contexts of possibility, advice, or the imaginary/alternative past.

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Shouldve

Couldve

Wouldve

* should have = capability, past advice (Use should have to say that a different action was
recommended in the past)
* could have = Past possibility (Use could have to talk about possibilities if something had been
different in the past.)
* would have = past imagined. Use would have to imagine a result (if something had been
different in the past).

1. Which modal is used to


for the best or right thing
to do?

2. Which modal
combination is used for
lost possibility?

3. Which modal is related to


the imaginary and means "I
could imagine doing
something"?

couldve
wouldve
could
would

could
would
should
A. Directions: Complete each question or sentence with should have, could have, would have, and past participle.
4. I ________________ _________________ _________________ (help) you last weekend if you had asked. (possibility)

5. He __________________ _________________ ________________ (talk) to the doctor about his stomach pains yesterday. (advice)
6. The party ______________ ________________ _______________ (be) more fun if you were there.(imaginary)
7. Maria __________ ___________ ____________ (eat) that whole pizza by herself; she was so hungry! (possibility)
8. The students ___________ __________ __________ (study) more to have done better in the exam. (regret)
9. They ______________ ___________ _____________ (win) the football match, but their best player did not show up.
10. Why ___________n't you __________ ___________ (meet) me earlier? Now we don't have any time. (possibility)
11. John _____________

___________

_____________ (be) less worried, had he known where Amy was.(imaginary)

12. If I had known you were coming, I _________ ___________ ____________ (make) extra cookies.
13. Before going to the beach, they _________ __________ __________(check) the weather because it rained.
14. You ________________n't ________________ ____________________ (go) into that strange house if it was empty.
15. It __________________ _________________ __________________ (take) longer to get dinner made without your help.

B. Write what you can say after each situation>


16. If you forget your umbrella, and it starts to rain, and you get wet.
17. When talking about a tennis player who didnt win his tennis match.

18. If you fail a test.

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