Should've - Could've - Would've

 

pattern:

S. + should've + past participle verb + Object

       could've

       would've

 

Examples:

 

You should've gone to the party.

I should've called him sooner.

She could've been killed.

We could've done it differently but we had no time.

Tom would've helped but he had to work.

I would've liked to say goodbye.

She shouldn't have gone alone

He couldn't have known the result.

We wouldn't have won without him.

 

 

Fill in the blank:

 

1. If you had asked I __________ helped.

2. She __________ stopped after her first win.

3. John _________ won be decided not to.

4. We ___________ done everything possible to save him.

5. She ___________n't have said such things at the party.

6. I _______n't have bought it if I knew it was bad.

7. He __________n't have signed it with a broken hand.

8. I ______________ asked her first.

9. Larry said he _________done it if he knew it was for me.

10. The show _________ started at 7PM.

11. That was great!! I wish Sue _______ been here.

12. I _________ got you free tickets If I had known.

13. I _________ said nothing if I was in the same situation.

14. I don't know what I _________ done?

15. He looked so much like me he _______ been my twin.