SHOULD'VE | WOULD'VE | COULD'VE - Complete Grammar & Use - 雙語字幕
Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.
Today I have a video for you on shoulda, woulda and coulda or actually should have woulda and could have.
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 Shudda-Wooda-Kudda 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.
such important words that you must learn to use should have,
would have and could have a past modals 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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Right, let's get back to the lesson.
Should have, would have and could have.
We 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 general understanding and then we're going to look bit deeper into shoulda woulda coulda,
should have, would have and could have.
What's the difference between should of, would of, could of and should have, would have and could have?
Well, apostrophe VE is just the contracted form of have.
It it easier to say.
Shoulda, woulda and coulda is slang.
Do use it.
in an 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 to 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 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 pass participle when something would have been a good idea, but we didn't do it.
it.
Practicing more would have been a good idea, but I didn't do it.
And he said to me, you have practiced more.
He also said, you could have practiced more, but you didn't.
You could have practiced more,
but you 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 pass participle as part of the third conditional.
If plus passed perfect, if you had to pass 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 analyse some more examples.
Let's take a look at should we.
of.
As I said before, we use should have and pass 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.
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 participle, 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 100%
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 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.
Now, if everything is as expected, George's bus has arrived.
Now there is another context for this.
We use this to talk about something that would have happened if everything went as expected, but it hasn't.
If 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.
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.
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.
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 that the other day.
It's so good.
Going 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 use 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 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 well.
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...
her present.
It was impossible for her to 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 partnering crime.
That seems to be something that everyone's saying all the time, partnering crime.
Actually, 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 and the past participle.
We're describing a situation that didn't happen and imagining the result of the situation.
If she had refused to start her, 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 comments section.
But before you do that, we have a quiz.
Very Again, I'd love you to share your answers.
I'll 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 studied last night but I did an escape room instead.
Is it could have, should have or would have?
Number I been happy to have you stay.
Why didn't you ask?
I've 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 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?
Right, that's it for today's lesson.
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I will see you soon for another lesson.
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