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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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
that sentence that’s very funny uh I
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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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wouldn’t have and then how to make
statements and then last today we’re
going to talk about how to make
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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
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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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structure so I know that that many
people ask questions about that
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it’s had plus the past participle form
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