| Should have - to express unfulfilled obligation in the past | ||
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Structure: should + have + past participle We use should have for the past. We use should have to say that someone didn't do something but it would have been better to do it. |
You should have told them the truth. You shouldn't have gone there - it was a mistake. I don't think you should have done it. |
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Practise this grammar in an exercise: Intermediate grammar exercise: should vs. should have
