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- 2. THE 9TH OF DECEMBER MNEMONICS You will learn: about the phenomenon "bizarreness effect". You will be
- 3. Should have, could have, and would have can be called “modals of lost opportunity” because they
- 4. We use would have to imagine a result (if something had been different in the past):
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Слайд 2THE 9TH OF DECEMBER
MNEMONICS
You will learn:
about the phenomenon "bizarreness effect".
You will be
THE 9TH OF DECEMBER
MNEMONICS
You will learn:
about the phenomenon "bizarreness effect".
You will be
use past modal verbs.
Слайд 3Should have, could have, and would have can be called “modals of lost opportunity”
Should have, could have, and would have can be called “modals of lost opportunity”
If you arrive late to a lecture, you can say:
“I should have taken a taxi.”
If you regret you forgot something, you can say:
“I shouldn’t have forgotten about it. I’m sorry.”
Look at these examples to see how modals are used in the past:
1. Did you have a lecture on mnemonics? That must have been amazing!
2. We don't know for sure that Maksat took the book. It might have been Marat.
3. How did they fail that exam? They can't have studied very much.
Слайд 4We use would have to imagine a result (if something had been different in
We use would have to imagine a result (if something had been different in
If you arrive late at the airport and miss your flight, you can say:
“If we had arrived earlier, we would have caught our flight.”
If you forget your umbrella, and it starts to rain, you can say:
“If I had brought my umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet in the rain.”
We use could have to talk about possibilities if something had been different in the past.
For example, someone who forgot about his passport:
“If I had found my passport, I could have gone to Australia.”
When talking about a sportsman who didn’t win a competition, you can say:
“He could have won the gold medal if he hadn’t forgotten about his weaknesses.”