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Use the past modals could have, would have and should have + past participle to talk about past situations and events in a hypothetical way.

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#Past modals #modals of speculation

What is the use of could have + past participle?

to say what other possibilities there were in a past situation

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What is the use of should have + past participle?

to say what was the right thing to do in a past situation

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What is the use of should would + past participle?

to imagine your behavior in a past situation

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What is the use of the past modals?

to talk hypothetically about the past.

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the police/ when she / could have called / saw the thief. / /Monica

Monica could have called the police when she see the thief

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found out about / when they / should have come here/ the accident / Dora and Max

Dora and Max should have come here when they found out about the accident

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I / if I / my phone. / hadn't found / would have screamed

I would have screamed if I hadn't found my phone.

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They / about the / you / surprise party./ shouldn't have told

They shouldn't have told you about the surprise party.

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his car. / on time / He / if he / wouldn't have arrived / hadn't driven

He wouldn't have arrived on time if he hadn't driven his car.

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/ couldn't have said / she's really nice. / Sally / about me because / such horrible things

Sally couldn't have said such horrible things about me because she's really nice

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Mark ..... (could/finish) his assignment if he had had more time.

could have finished

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Olivia .... (should/move out) of her apartment when she had the money.

should have moved out

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You .... (would/tell) me about your problem! I could've helped you!

would have told

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Paula .... (shouldn't/leave) her phone in the classroom. Now she's lost it.

shouldn't have left

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Erick .... (could/be) your boyfriend if you had told confessed your feelings.

could have been

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Mikel and his family .... (shouldn't/go) out tonight. It's going to rain according to the weather forecast.

shouldn't have gone

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