Lesson XXII: Speculaticve Statements of the Past

B.2. Ability & Advisability in the Past Previous pattern: We SHOULD practice EVERY DAY. He COULD SWIM very fast TEN YEARS AGO. New pattern: S-Block Action Block Rng-Block Actional Block … Modal-HAVE-AF … Action Time We SHOULD HAVE PRACTICED English YESTERDAY. We COULD HAVE STUDIED LAST NIGHT. Exercise: B.2.1. Practice Ability and Advisability in the Past Substitute the words and make necessary changes. For example: We should return the books tomorrow. yesterday WE SHOULD'VE RETURNED THE BOOKS YESTERDAY. could've WE COULD'VE RETURNED THE BOOKS YESTERDAY. tomorrow WE COULD RETURN THE BOOKS TOMORROW. play tennis WE COULD PLAY TENNIS TOMORROW. 1. yesterday 8. yesterday 15. shouldn't 2. you 9. should've 16. return the books 3. they 10. taken the course 17. yesterday 4. should've 11. could've 18. we 5. tomorrow 12. gone to Chicago 19. could've 6. go to the bank 13. tomorrow 20. should've 7. can 14. help us 21. tomorrow