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
at the end of the lesson and i’m very
much looking forward to seeing your
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
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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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