COULD HAVE

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Language Arts

Ved sheri okland

Subjunctive and unreal past forms

Ved Tomislav Martincic

PAST PROGRESSIVE

Ved sonia monroy

English Grammar Past Tenses

Ved Montserrat Ceron Ortiz

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