Modal Verb in the Past Would HaveWouldnt Have Basic English Grammar

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for today’s lesson first I’m going to

talk about when to use would have and

wouldn’t have this is kind of a tricky

grammar point a little bit of a

challenge so we’ll start by talking

about when to use it then we’ll talk

about would have and wouldn’t have and

how to make statements finally we’ll

talk about how to make questions with

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um would have in wouldn’t have when

should we use them this is our topic for

two day so when should we use would

happen wouldn’t have what’s the deal oh

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today hopefully not forever when do we

use would have and wouldn’t have we use

these to express a past action if a past

condition had been true so I know that

this is kind of difficult to imagine

like what does this mean exactly

so imagine on a timeline here imagine

that sometime in the past so this is now

on our timeline waiting here is the

future and back here is the past today

we want to focus on the past so we

imagine with this grammar point some

past condition some past condition and

we are talking we’re thinking about like

the cause and effect or like the

relationship between a past condition

with if and some past action but the key

and what’s kind of strange about this

grammar point is that this these two

actions when we use would have with a

positive or wouldn’t have with the

negative these actions did not happen we

just want to imagine some past action

and we want to imagine some past action

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let’s but today I want to look at a lot

of different examples to talk about this

grammar point okay so let’s take a look

at these two we’ll look at a positive

and a negative and I also want to point

out in today’s lesson we’re going to use

conditionals conditionals I’m not going

to talk about conditional grammar this

part of the sentence in today’s lesson

if you have questions about condition

also please check the YouTube channel

I’ve made lots of videos about

conditional so with that in mind let’s

practice okay so if I had studied I

would have passed the test if I had

studied I would have passed the test so

what does the sentence mean what is

happening here this if I had studied

this part is this if section right here

I talked about so that means this

condition if I had studied this is

showing a past condition that means this

was not true

this did not happen if I had studied

this did not so in other words I did not

study I didn’t study but I want to

imagine if I had if that had been true I

would have passed the test I would have

passed the test so here is our grammar

for today yeah I would have passed the

test so this part again shows it’s a

past situation a past condition but I

just want to imagine it and it did not

happen so yes I’ve marked this with a

check in the past but this check mark

means if this condition had been true

this condition would also be true so

what does this mean this means in other

words I did not study for the test and I

did not pass the test but I want to

imagine how I could have changed my past

action this is what we use would have

and wouldn’t have to do okay so let’s

look then at a negative example

something that uses wouldn’t have okay

so first part again an if statement so

again if this is something that is not

true but we just want to imagine it if I

had

so hadn’t means hat not if I hadn’t

forgotten my wallet today if I hadn’t

forgotten my wallet today I wouldn’t

have borrowed money from a friend if I

haven’t forgotten my wallet today I

wouldn’t have borrowed money from a

friend

so what meet what does this mean here

again my if conditional starts this out

so if I hadn’t forgotten my wallet this

means I did forget my wallet that

happened that’s true I did forget my

wallet I wouldn’t have borrowed money

from a friend so that means I did borrow

money from a friend so this situation we

just want to again express that

something would some-some past condition

if this past condition had been true the

later past condition would be different

so again if I if this had not been true

in other words if I had remembered my

wallet so I I did borrow money but I

want to express I would not have done

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for part 1 today the pronunciation of

would have and would not have yeah

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this would have and would not have

contract they reduce so let’s start by

talking about would have would have so

would have contracts to would’ve

would’ve I’ll try to repeat this a lot

it was noisy right now would’ve and

would’ve this contracts even more

a speech we say woulda woulda so for

example in this sentence if I had

studied I would have this part reduces

to if I had studied I would have passed

the test I would have passed the test

so we do not use this spelling like in

official documents or anything like that

but you can use this one like you’re

texting with your friends for example

okay then let’s go to would not have

would not have so this would not have

reduces again this is not an official

spelling but this is just the sound that

it makes

so would not have reduces to wouldn’t’ve

wouldn’t’ve which goes even shorter to

wouldna would not so this wouldn’t that

we keep the end sound there and it

becomes wouldna would not would not have

becomes wouldna so in a sentence if I

hadn’t forgotten my wallet today I

wouldn’t have borrowed money from a

friend I wouldn’t have borrowed money

from a friend this is how it sounds in

native speech

oh hey so this is part one for today’s

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would’ve in my writing you can use this

one would’ve you can use would’ve in

casual writing like if you’re just

sending a quick email to a co-worker or

something like that that’s okay if

you’re writing something more formal I

would not recommend it it’s a good

general rule to follow is if you are

writing something formal don’t use

contractions like try to use the non

contracted the non reduced forms yeah

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here we go let’s take a look at some

grammar rules

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let’s get started so how to make

statements and I will include negative

we will talk about questions at the end

of today’s lesson alrighty so how do we

make a statement first I mentioned

earlier that with this grammar we use if

conditional so we use an if conditional

you can put it at the beginning of your

sentence you can put it at the end of

your sentence today I’ve used them I

think almost I think all of them all of

my examples today I think use if at the

beginning of the sentence okay so let’s

look at this what is happening here

actually this grammar is pretty it’s we

can easily make sentences with this so

we make our if conditional and just a

quick hint today’s if condition all uses

this pattern if subject had past

participle so again I’m not going to

talk about this part of the grammar

we’re going to focus here today

we have our if conditional with a comma

so after the introductory clause then we

go to our subject and would half and

past participle verb subject plus would

have plus past participle verb so again

this is something I’m sorry this is

something that you have to study I’m

going to introduce some very common

examples today all right so subject

would have past participle and to make

it a negative to make it a negative put

knot right here so would not have or as

we practiced earlier wouldn’t it

wouldn’t it to those of you who are

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a lot of examples to see what’s going on

here first example here here’s my if

conditional if I had gone to bed earlier

last night I would have been well rested

this morning if I had gone to bed

earlier last night I would have been

well rested this morning so again what

is happening in this sentence first part

right here this if I had gone to bed

earlier

last night part this is my if

conditional yeah it starts here if and

ends with my comma this comma is a very

good hint if I had gone to bed earlier

last night so that means I did not go to

bed early last night this earlier shows

us to earlier than I did so if I maybe

for example I went to bed at like 1:00

a.m. but if I had gone to bed at 10:00

p.m. I want to express earlier than I

did if I had gone to bed earlier last

night I would have

been well-rested this morning maybe you

know the word well-rested yeah so that

means you feel energized after sleeping

so I would have been well-rested this

morning again all of this is happening

in the past so a common mistake that I

sometimes see from learners is they talk

about a condition that’s true now but

this part I would have been well-rested

this morning this is also a past

condition so we’re not talking about the

present with would have and wouldn’t

have so I’ve used would have as we

talked about here subject I would have

been so past participle verb is been

here I would have been well-rested this

morning

so here’s a positive example okay let’s

look then at a negative example I’ll

read it one time first if he hadn’t

eaten so much junk food at the party he

wouldn’t have felt sick when he got home

once more if he hadn’t eaten so much

junk food at the party he wouldn’t have

felt sick when he got home so here’s my

if conditional so if two comma there’s

my introduction to the situation if he

hadn’t so this hadn’t is had not if he

hadn’t eaten so much junk food at the

party so this part means he did he ate a

lot of junk food at the party

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he wouldn’t have felt sick when he got

home so that means if this past

condition had not been true this

condition would not have been true we

know that because this is a negative so

this shows would not have been true

okay

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says my girlfriend wouldn’t have cheated

on me if I hadn’t been so jealous

perfect grammar a very nice grammar in

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okay all right let’s go to one more

example and then we’ll continue to part

three here we go all right if we had

started working on our project earlier

we wouldn’t have been rushing to finish

by the deadline so once more if we’d

started working on our project earlier

we wouldn’t have been rushing to finish

by the deadline okay so again we have

this earlier in our if part of a

sentence so if we had started working on

our project earlier than we did so maybe

we started a bit late on our project if

we had started earlier we would not have

been rushing to finish by the deadline

so this means we were rushing to finish

by the deadline so rushing rushing means

hurrying we were trying to hurry to

finish so wouldn’t have been rushing to

finish by the deadline

hmm so again this did not happen but we

were rushing is what this is saying okay

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world situation had not changed so

quickly there would not have been

construction work near my house but

there’s a good real-life example for

today all right so that’s part 2 and

then we’ll go to part 3 questions for

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Abdullah I would bring you at the top I

would have brought you to class on time

I would have brought you to class so

don’t forget this part subject I would

have past participle verb when you make

your statements follow this pattern

right here subject would have past

participle verb okay

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this is today’s lesson board I talked

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wouldn’t have and then how to make

statements and then last today we’re

going to talk about how to make

questions how to make questions already

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hope that you can focus on this part is

like a lot today this part I think is a

tricky part but it’s a really good

grammar point for asking for like advice

about a mistake you made in the past so

I want to this is really today’s focus

point okay let’s continue as best as we

can for those of you who say it’s hard

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I’m very sorry I hope you can at least

look at the words and review okay so

let’s take a look how do we make

questions with would have and wouldn’t

have here so again we start with if so

we can make questions without the if

part here we can do that I’m going to

show you some patterns that use if and

some that use no offense so we’ll

practice both a little bit the next part

here is whq so this means WH question

who what where when why how is also okay

here so we can use a wh question at the

beginning to show we need information or

we can remove it to make a yes-or-no

question again we’re going to practice

this in just a minute okay let’s go to

the last last part of this is same as

we’ve been practicing would subject have

past participle verb would subject have

past participle verb to make it negative

wouldn’t subject half past participle

right okay so let’s take a look at a few

examples that use this

so first one I’ve used this if

conditional at the beginning here okay

so if you had had free time last week

what would you have done so many

learners ask what is happening here

why are there two hats together is that

correct yes one it is correct why this

if you had had is like this because we

are making a past perfect structure this

is the verb have but because of grammar

rules we have to use the past participle

verb form here if you had had free time

last week what would you have done so

this means you did not have free time

last week but imagine that you did and

what would you have done in that case

okay all right so you can answer it if

you want I would have you can answer

this with a would have statement like I

would have gone shopping or I would have

travelled something like that mmm

so if you had at native speed I’ll read

this at native speed it sounds

interesting yeah so if you had had free

time last week what would you have done

you’d had free time last week what would

you have done okay let’s go to this one

I really want to focus on this one

because it uses a negative in this

question part and that’s kind of tricky

to understand so if you had come to work

early wouldn’t you have had time to get

ready for your presentation if you had

come to work early wouldn’t you have had

time to get ready for your presentation

so when would we use a question like

this when would we use something like

this this is something you use this type

of question this negative is something

you use when you think you have a pretty

good idea like some past advice for

someone and they didn’t do it so in this

situation imagine your coworker had a

presentation your co-workers

responsibility was a presentation

but they didn’t have time to finish

before the presentation so you want to

give some advice and you say if you had

come to work early or earlier maybe

wouldn’t you have had time for your

presentation we use this wouldn’t

because it kind of sounds like I’m not

sure but don’t you think so we use that

negative to make our questions a little

bit softer wouldn’t you have had time

again wouldn’t you have had so this one

have had again these two verbs are the

same wealth the same verb yes but have

had here because this is using this

would have had structure so these are

kind of tricky when you use when your

verb is have here but with practice this

becomes easier okay let’s go to this one

another example if we hadn’t called the

office how would our team have known we

were running late for the meeting

if we hadn’t called the office how would

our team have known we were running late

for the meeting

hmm so what’s happening here negative if

we had not called the office so that

means we did call the office but we want

to imagine if we had not called how

would our team have known so that means

by what method or in what way would our

team have known we were running late for

the meeting so we’re talking about this

untrue situation and we’re asking a

question about that so we still need to

use this would in this case my subject

is our team yeah how would our team have

known right here how would our team have

known we were running late for the

meeting

okay I’ll go to the last parts and then

I’ll answer your questions I see some

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so I’ll come to you in just a second

okay last two if you hadn’t found an

apartment by June where would you have

lived if you hadn’t found an apartment

by June where would you have lived so

this sentence again if you had not so I

know it seems difficult but this means

this the other person did find an

apartment by June but the other person

just wants to ask what was your plan

like if you hadn’t found an apartment by

June where would you have lived like did

you have another plan you just want to

imagine that situation okay okay let’s

go to the last part because this one is

a really really useful one and you will

probably hear this a lot in movies and

TV so I want to explain what’s happening

in this sentence in this question really

sometimes when you’re watching movies

when you’re watching TV sorry there’s

loud sounds right now I’m sure I want to

make sure you hear this point so

sometimes when you watch TV or when you

watch movies you’ll hear a character say

just this question what would you have

done what would you have done this

doesn’t have and if part of the sentence

yeah

the character usually they don’t say the

if part they say what would you have

done this is saying if you had been in

my position in the past what would you

have done so this is an advice question

really so it’s like this character had

some difficult situation in the past and

maybe they made a mistake it was hard to

hard to deal with so they want to ask

someone else if you had been in my

position so if you and if you were me in

the past what would you have done but

usually this part is removed you

the character says what would you have

done what would you have done all right

that’s part three I think that is

everything for today I’m coming for your

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contractions Trisha and says is there

any contracted form of what you have no

we sometimes say what you what youth but

there’s not like the it’s that’s not

like what and you and have together

that’s you and have together so we do

not put all three of those words

together you know okay

some others are coming in whoo Jean

Carlos Arella says if you had been here

would you have gone to the beach with me

very nice question very nice question

okay Carmel G says if she told you about

her feelings what would you have done

perfect perfect nice example Facebook

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questions whose ma says if I had had so

don’t forget if you want to use the verb

have in your example in this grammar if

I had had free time don’t forget there’s

two heads there if I had had free time

last week I would have visited my

friend’s house I would have visited so

make sure this part oops sorry I’m sorry

her own board same grammar though make

sure you use the past participle form of

the verb I would have visited visited my

friend’s house okay other points I don’t

see other questions on Facebook

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Monday blue hello one of it remembers I

would have gotten the project done so

got got gotten is something we use in

American English a lot okay uh I have to

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in next week next week’s lesson is right

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how to use past perfect tense past

perfect tense so those of you who are

asking why do you use had-had join me

next week you can join me next week I’m

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that had-had

structure so I know that that many

people ask questions about that

the short answer in that case is that

it’s had plus the past participle form

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