... and more modal Perfects

Directions: Complete each question or sentence with should have or could have, and a main verb. (10 points)

For example: You ________ ________ __________ (be) more helpful to that elderly woman. (advice)

  * should have = past advice, capability, or responsibility   /   * could have = past possibility

1. I _________ _________ _________ (help) you last weekend if you had asked. (possibility)

2. He _________ ________ ___________ (talk) to the doctor about his stomach pains. (advice)

3. _____________ they _________ ____________(do) all that work already? (possibility)

4. Maria __________ ___________ ____________ (eat) that whole pizza by herself--she was so hungry! (possibility)

5. My students ___________ __________ __________ (finish) their assignment by now. (capability)

6. ____________n't that company __________ ____________ (pay) their employees on time? (responsibility)

7. Why ___________n't you __________ ___________ (meet) my earlier? Now we don't have any time. (possibility)

8. The disaster ____________ never ___________ ________________(happen) . It was preventable. (possibility)

9. President Bush __________ __________ ___________(tell) the American people they needed to make more personal sacrifices once the Iraq War began. (responsibility)

10. You __________ __________ __________(be) able to complete the test within 60 minutes. (capability -- in this sentence, "complete" is the main verb. That means there are seven words in the verb phrase!)

Directions: Complete each sentence or question with would have or should have and a main verb. (10 points)

     * would have = past tense of will    /    * should have = past advice, capability, or responsibility

1. If I had known you were coming, I _________ ___________ ____________ (make) extra cookies.

2. We __________ _________ __________ (fix) the leak in the roof before the storm made it worse.

3. You _________n't _________ __________ (go) into that strange house if it was empty.

4. It __________ _________ __________ (take) longer to get dinner made without your help.

5. Before going to the beach, they _________ __________ __________(check) the weather because it rained.

6. The doctor told her she __________ __________ ___________ (be) on a diet the last few years.

7. The party _________ __________ ____________ (be) more fun if you were there.

8. My friend __________ _________ _________ (make) a lot of money if he had sold his stock in the company earlier.

9. I __________ __________ ____________ (do) anything just to spend a few more hours with you.

10. They really ___________n't ___________ gotten _____________ (marry) so fast.

SOLUTIONS

Directions: Complete each question or sentence with should have or could have, and a main verb. (10 points)

For example: You ________ ________ __________ (be) more helpful to that elderly woman. (advice)

  * should have = past advice, capability, or responsibility   /   * could have = past possibility

1. I could have helped (help) you last weekend if you had asked. (possibility)

2. He should have talked (talk) to the doctor about his stomach pains. (advice)

3. Could they have done (do) all that work already? (possibility)

4. Maria could have eaten (eat) that whole pizza by herself--she was so hungry! (possibility)

5. My students should have finished (finish) their assignment by now. (capability)

6. Shouldn't that company have paid (pay) their employees on time? (responsibility)

7. Why couldn't you have met (meet) my earlier? Now we don't have any time. (possibility)

8. The disaster should never have happened. It was preventable. (possibility)

9. President Bush should have told (tell) the American people they needed to make more personal sacrifices once the Iraq War began. (responsibility)

10. You should have been (be) able to complete the test within 60 minutes. (capability -- in this sentence, "complete" is the main verb. That means there are seven words in the verb phrase!)

Directions: Complete each sentence or question with would have or should have and a main verb. (10 points)

     * would have = past tense of will    /    * should have = past advice, capability, or responsibility

1. If I had known you were coming, I would have made (make) extra cookies.

2. We should have fixed (fix) the leak in the roof before the storm made it worse.

3. You shouldn't have gone (go) into that strange house if it was empty.

4. It would have taken (take) longer to get dinner made without your help.

5. Before going to the beach, they should have checked (check) the weather because it rained.

6. The doctor told her she should have been (be) on a diet the last few years.

7. The party would have been (be) more fun if you were there.

8. My friend would have made (make) a lot of money if he had sold his stock in the company earlier.

9. I would have done (do) anything just to spend a few more hours with you.

10. They really shouldn't have got married (marry) so fast.