COULD HAVE

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Subjunctive and unreal past forms

von Tomislav Martincic

be going to

von Gaudys Alastre

syntax

von Karlii Alcocer

Organigrama Arbol

von Adriana Mendoza

Topic flotante

3.- We couldn't have won even We training hard

2.- She couldn't have traveled by plane She is afraid of heights

1.- I couldn't have arrived to the party even if I had drove very fast

3.- We could have had a dog but we don't behave well

2.- She could have passed to the exam but she didn’t studied enough

1.- He could have bought a new car but he didn't save enough.

EXAMPLES

SOMETHING THAT WAS POSSIBLE IN THE PAST

OR THAT HAD THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING IN THE PAST, BUT DID NOT DO

COULD HAVE

NEGATIVE

+ COULDN'T HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

AFFIRMATIVE

+ COULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

GRAMMAR

+ COULD HAVE + VERB PAST PARTICIPLE

WHAT IS IT FOR?

It is used hypothetically to talk about