SHOULDVE WOULDVE COULDVE Complete Grammar Use

hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy today i have a video

for you on shoulda woulda and kuda or

actually should’ve would’ve and could’ve

now i cannot claim any of the glory for

this video this video idea was from my

husband-to-be he was listening to the

shoulda woulda coulda song on holiday

and had a brainwave and told me that i

should make this video and i can’t

believe i haven’t made it before these

are such important words that you must

learn to use should have would have and

could have a past modal’s used

hypothetically and this can be quite

confusing so i’m really happy that i can

take the time today to clarify it for

you ah and don’t forget there is a quiz

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answers in the comment section down

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back to the lesson should have would

have and could have we often use these

words to express regret to show that we

are unhappy with a decision or action

and wish that we had done something

differently

I’m going to give you a brief overview

so you get a general understanding and

then we’re going to look a little bit

deeper into shoulda woulda coulda should

have would have and code

what’s the difference between should’ve

would’ve could’ve and should have would

have and could have well apostrophe ve

is just the contracted form of half it

makes it easier to say shoulda woulda

and khuda' is slang do not use it in an

English exam for my initial examples I’m

going to use driving exams because I

found learning to drive to be very very

difficult I really really struggled and

I know a lot of you struggle with

English so I think it’s a similar

concept I found it very difficult to

learn to drive and I failed my first two

driving exams I do think that learning

to drive is like learning a language

you can’t just study loads and pick it

up in one day it’s a slow process and

some people are naturally better at it

than others

but nearly everyone is capable of

learning to drive confidently and almost

everyone is capable of learning to speak

English confidently so let’s look at an

action or decision and its outcome the

action is that I didn’t practice enough

I didn’t practice enough the outcome I

failed my driving test I failed my

driving test I didn’t practice enough so

I failed my driving test this is totally

true it’s exactly what happened my

driving instructor was disappointed in

me and he said you should have practiced

more you should have practiced more we

use should have and past participle when

something would have been a good idea

but we didn’t do it

practicing more would have been a good

idea but I didn’t do it and he said to

me you should have practiced more he

also said you could have practiced more

but you didn’t

you could have practiced more but you

didn’t we use could have and past

participle when something was possible

in the past but we didn’t do it it was

possible for me to practice more but I

didn’t do it I was able to practice more

I had the ability to practice more but I

didn’t he also said to me if you had

practiced more you would have passed the

exam if you had practiced

more you would have passed the exam we

use would have and past participle as

part of the third conditional if plus

past perfect if you had practiced then

would have and past participle you would

have passed this is used to describe a

situation that didn’t happen and to

imagine the results of this situation

now let’s look a little deeper and

analyze some more examples let’s take a

look at should’ve as I said before we

use should have and past participle when

something would have been a good idea

but you didn’t do it when we use it to

talk about someone else it’s like giving

advice an example you should have asked

me I have loads of butter I’m sort of

giving advice here next time they need

butter they should call me because I

have loads when we use it to talk about

ourselves

it’s like expressing regret an example I

should have asked before going home

early I’m expressing regret I regret

leaving early without permission now

there is another use for should have and

past participial slightly less common

but important all the same it’s used to

talk about something that if everything

has gone as expected we think has

already happened now we aren’t a hundred

percent certain that everything has gone

as expected so instead of using the

present perfect or the past simple we

use should have this will be much more

clear in an example I’ll give that next

but just a quick note we often use

should have in this way with by now

first example William should have

finished work by now if everything is as

expected

Will has finished work or George’s bus

should have arrived by now if everything

is as expected

George’s bus has arrived now there is

another context for this we can use this

to talk about something that would have

happened if everything went as expected

but it hasn’t I’m standing on a train

platform

I’m waiting for a train to leave but it

hasn’t I could say the train should have

left by now

now what about shouldn’t have and the

past participle we use this to talk

about something that wasn’t a good idea

but we did it anyway for example I

shouldn’t have called my ex-boyfriend

last night this is just an example don’t

worry I’m not calling ex-boyfriends I

knew it was a bad idea but I did it

anyway and I regret it or another common

one oh you shouldn’t have bought us

gifts a very common expression when you

give someone a gift is oh you shouldn’t

have that’s their response to the gift

this means you really didn’t need to it

wasn’t expected it’s a positive response

not a negative one so don’t worry if

someone says you shouldn’t have when you

give them something

now what about could have and the past

participle we use could have and the

past participle when something was

possible in the past but you didn’t do

it for example I could have gone to work

but I decided to stay in bed and watch

Love Actually I watched that the other

day it’s so good going to work was

possible but I didn’t do it

or I could have studied more but I was

too busy partying it was possible for me

to study more but I didn’t we also used

could have and the past participle when

we are trying to make a guess about

something that happened in the past this

is hypothetical we don’t know if what we

are saying is true or not it’s just our

opinion for example if somebody asks why

is James so late to this meeting we

could offer various opinions he could

have overslept he could have missed the

bus he could have mysteriously died all

very valid opinions so what about

couldn’t have plus the past participle

this means that something wasn’t

possible in the past even if we had

wanted to do it for example I couldn’t

have left any earlier it was impossible

for me to leave any earlier or a really

nice one she couldn’t have been happier

with her present it was impossible for

have been any happier you often hear a

lot of married couples saying I couldn’t

have asked for a better husband or I

couldn’t have asked for a better partner

in crime that seems to be something that

everyone’s saying all the time in crime

I’m sure I’ve said it somewhere on my

Instagram now let’s discuss would have

and the past participle

if plus past perfect and then would have

on the past participle we’re describing

a situation that didn’t happen and

imagining the result of the situation if

she had refused a starter she would have

had room for dessert or a negative

version if I hadn’t gone to university I

wouldn’t have become a doctor there is

another use of would have and the past

participle we use it to talk about

something we wanted to do but didn’t

it’s very similar to the third

conditional but we don’t use an if

clause an example I would have visited

you more often but I was too busy with

work or she would have texted me but her

phone was out of battery right I hope

that is clear now for you if it’s not

feel free to ask any questions down

below in the comment section but before

you do that we have a quiz very

important again I’d love you to share

your answers or try and correct as many

as I can but feel free to correct each

other so for these it’s a

multiple-choice quiz and you have to

pick the best fit sometimes there are

multiple options but I want the best fit

number one you seen him in the

supermarket he was with me you seen him

in the supermarket he was with me is it

couldn’t have shouldn’t have or wouldn’t

have

number two yes I know I studied last

night but I did an escape room instead

yes I know I studied last night but I

did an escape room instead is it could

have should have or would have number

three I being happy to have you stay why

didn’t you ask I been happy to have you

stay why didn’t you ask is it could have

should have or would have number four

you left the party so early it was

really rude you left the party so early

it was really rude is it couldn’t have

shouldn’t have or wouldn’t have and the

last one number five if you had trained

more thoroughly you completed the

marathon if you had trained more

thoroughly you completed the marathon is

it could have should have or would have

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