SHOULD'VE | WOULD'VE | COULD'VE - 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 below quickly before we get started i would just like to thank the sponsor of today's video it's lingo de with the language sprint do you want to rapidly improve your speaking skills your confidence and 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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 right that's it for today's lesson don't forget to share your test results down below if you are interested in the language sprint and want to sign up you can click on the link in the description box and use my code last call six for a 10 euro discount on your first month don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media I've got my facebook my Instagram my Twitter and my personal channel called Lucy Bella Elle I will see you soon for another lesson [Music] [Music]

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Length: 15min 41sec (941 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 24 2019