SHOULD/SHOULDN¨T HAVE

Function

we use the perfect modal should/shouldn¨t have to critize of express regret about things that people did or didn¨t do in the past.

utilizamos el modal perfecto que no deberia / deberiamos criticar de arrepentimiento expreso sobre cosas que las personas hicieron o no hicieron en el pasado.

Form

 


  

  

Should have + past participle

  

  

i/he/she/we/you/they
  should have gone to the doctor.

 

  

  

Shouldn¨t have+past
  participle

  

  

i/he/she/we/you/they
  shouldn¨t have been rude to the store assistant-

 

Examples

I should have bought more water

Debería haber comprado más agua

You should have listened to me

Deberías haberme escuchado

I should have done more research

Debería haber hecho más investigación

She shouldn¨t have drunk so much wine

Ella no debería haber bebido tanto vino

We shouldn¨t have driving during the storm

No deberíamos haber conducido durante la tormenta