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A lot of people get confused while using should/could/would with ‘have + past participle verb’. In this lesson, you will understand the difference between three sentence structures and when to use them appropriately.
1. I should have completed my graduation : (‘should’ is used when a past duty/obligation not fulfilled. Also, when something was the correct thing to do in the past.)
You should have been more careful while travelling. (something that was the right thing to do in the past, but you didn’t)
2. I could have completed my graduation : (‘could’ is used to express a past possibility, or an option you had in the past).
You could have helped me yesterday . (you had the option to help, but you chose not to)
3. I would have completed my graduation : (‘would’ is used to express that you do or don’t do something due to circumstances and is used in past conditionals).
If I had gone to the beach, I would have gotten a tan. (it’s an imaginary of something in the past).
Hi Rachna …you guys are fantastic…but tell me one thing this use of could , should and would you explained with have + past participle verb, but what is the difference between can-could, will -would, shall -should when they are used without have + past participle for e.x. Yes I can do this work or Yes I could do this work ….which one is correct out of the two, similarly for will-would and shall -should….plz give a class on this topic also……
can you please explain the difference of had and did. I have seen and heard most of the time usage of had and did in same places.Can you please educate me on this.
Thank you
Wow ………..its really fentastic . I appreciate you for uploading these helpful videos . Great job
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thank you very much for nice presentation of lesson.
uff..After a long time got a crystal clear explanation on diff b/w should/would/could. Nice teaching..:-)
thanks for the lessons on the usage of should/ would/ could
Rachna, Really wonderful , the way of teaching/explaining. And the most likened one is, the follow up Test to check our performance. Please do that after every lesson.
this class is very useful
superb lesson…and nice examples…. easy to catch it… thanxs
Good lesson and examples ,presentation also good.
I thank God, who brought your videos in-front of me and i spent 5 hour approximately watching and learning from them and I m also very thankful to all you people and appreciate your work, i m from Pakistan, conflicts should be on their own place and good performance should be encouraged, all of u are my teacher and i m really sure teachers don’t have any hatred for their pupils. In-fact i m also a teacher and i really want to improve my English. And think you people would be very helpful for this poor student SHAKEEL (from Lahore).
Allah Hafiz
If I could have done something, that’s because now I can do it.
If I should have done something, that’s because now i must do it or I have to do it.
If I would have done something, then I will do it because I will be able to.
thank you for lighting to my thoughts.
very nice explaination . Thanq very much 🙂