Practice expressing regrets in English
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| Do you know how to express regrets in English? |
| Welcome to Three Step English Practice by EnglishClass101.com. |
| In this lesson, you will practice expressing regrets in English. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| I see. Well, we should have gone to Green Burger. They have a terrace there. |
| Yeah, but the terrace is always crowded. |
| We should have called and made a reservation. |
| Here, the first person is using "should have" to express regret, by saying an action that they could have taken, but didn't. The thing they should have done is indicated by the past participle verb that follows directly after. Here, the past participle in the first line of dialogue is "gone," and the ones in the third line are "called and made." |
| Let’s practice with this grammar more in this lesson. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| We should have |
| up a bit later. |
| We should have |
| up a bit later. |
| met |
| met |
| We should have met up a bit later. |
| We should have met up a bit later. |
| [Explanation] |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I should have |
| my books back yesterday. |
| I should have |
| my books back yesterday. |
| taken |
| taken |
| I should have taken my books back yesterday. |
| I should have taken my books back yesterday. |
| [Explanation] |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Gracie should have |
| a smaller table. |
| Gracie should have |
| a smaller table. |
| gotten |
| gotten |
| Gracie should have gotten a smaller table. |
| Gracie should have gotten a smaller table. |
| [Explanation] |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| We |
| We should |
| We should have |
| We should have ordered |
| We should have ordered another |
| We should have ordered another pizza. |
| We should have ordered another pizza. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| I |
| I should've |
| I should've taken |
| I should've taken the |
| I should've taken the rapid |
| I should've taken the rapid train. |
| I should've taken the rapid train. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I should have (eaten or ate) something healthy. |
| I should have (eaten or ate) something healthy. |
| eaten |
| eaten |
| I should have eaten something healthy. |
| I should have eaten something healthy. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| They should have (turned or turnt) off the air conditioner. |
| They should have (turned or turnt) off the air conditioner. |
| turned |
| turned |
| They should have turned off the air conditioner. |
| They should have turned off the air conditioner. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| They should have (brought or brung) an umbrella. |
| They should have (brought or brung) an umbrella. |
| brought |
| brought |
| They should have brought an umbrella. |
| They should have brought an umbrella. |
| Listen to what I say. Can you match the past participles I use to the present tense forms on the screen? |
| Let's begin. |
| I should have made a reservation. |
| Listen one more time. |
| I should have made a reservation. |
| Did you hear, made? Made is the past participle of make. |
| How about...? |
| I should have packed a lunch. |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| I should have packed a lunch. |
| Did you hear "packed"? packed is the past participle of pack. |
| Next... |
| I should have put on some bowling shoes. |
| One more time. |
| I should have put on some bowling shoes. |
| Did you hear "put"? Put is actually the same in both past participle and present tense forms. |
| Next... |
| We should have gone to Green Burger. |
| One more time. |
| We should have gone to Green Burger. |
| Did you hear "gone"? Gone is the past participle of go. |
| And... |
| We should have met up a bit later. |
| One more time. |
| We should have met up a bit later. |
| Did you hear "met"? Met is the past participle of meet. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to express regrets in English. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on EnglishClass101.com. |
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