[May 4] KEYWORD 17 : S + Modal verbs have + P.P
1. should(not) have + p.p = regret.
1) My stomach is painful.
I shouldn't have drunk too much alcohol.
2) I didn't get enough sleep last night.
I should have drank milk.
Girl 1 : I'm broke now.
Girl 2 : why?
Girl 1 : I bought. two new Lu bags.
Girl 2 : That's so expensive.
Girl 1 : I know so I regret.
I shouldn't have bought them.
What do you regret in life?
1) you did the action in the past.
Now you regret => I shouldn't have + p.p.
2) you didn't do the action in the past.
I should have + p.p
I bought second hand flat shoes.
It's already torn.
I shouldn't have bought flat shoes.
I didn't have a haircut.
I should have hand a lunch.
I shouldn't have quit my company.
I didn't meet business before
I should have met businessmen before my skin was burned.
burn - burned - burnt.
2. must have + p.p = guess, assumption.
.Her face turns red she must have gotten a flv.
.The academy is quiet.
The students must have studied.
slept.
gone out.
3. can not have + p.p = Not your intention / purpose.
I can not have meant my message to you.
mean - meant - meant.
(I was not serious about my message).
I mean to = my purpose is.
I mean to study = my purpose is to study.
Brother : I'm going to quit my job.
Sister : What ? No, It's difficult to find a job these days.
Brother : I'm Serious.
Sister : I hope you can not have meant What you said.
4. might + have + p.p = stronger guess.
am/are/is/be + was/were + been + adj
It might have been possible but something happened.
I might have passed my interview if I am not old.
: strong possibility but it didn't happen.
man : I want to meet new friends in Baguio.
woman : Sure. you can do that.
Man : Thank you for saying that but there's a problem.
woman : what is that?
man : I might have met many foreigners before but my English speaking Skill is low.
Possible in the past but didnt' happen.
Rolling in the Deep.
We could have had it all.
wished in => impossible the past.
I wish I was tall.
past
= I could have been tall.
I wish I was fair completion.
I could have been fair but my country is hot.
talk vs tell | |
many speak, many listen | speak one, listen many |
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