{REGRETS

Mistakes and Missed Opportunities

Have you made mistakes in the past?

Have you ever wanted to go back and time to do things differently?

What have you done recently that was a mistake?

Did you fail to do something important recently? What was the result of not doing this?

Conversation

{ {What I did…

I ate cookies for dinner.

I spent too much money and couldn’t pay my bills.

I turned down a great job opportunity.

A better idea…

Eating a healthy meal.

Saving money to pay my bills

Accepting the job

POOR DECISIONS

{ {What I did…

I ate cookies. I didn’t save

money. I didn’t accept

the job.

What I should have done…

I should have eaten a healthy meal. I shouldn’t have eaten cookies.

I should have saved my money. I shouldn’t have spent it.

I should have accepted the job.

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should have/ should not have

-To express mistakes that were made-To talk about things that were a good idea to do but were not done

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Listen to Exercise 26How are “should have” and “should not have” often pronounced?

What should these people have done?

What should they not have done?

I missed the bus!

I got a parking ticket!

I feel so full and my tummy hurts.

I didn’t do well on the grammar exam!

Jessica fell when she was running up the stairs.

Sandra’s head hurts.

Aaron forgot his homework.

Bader came to school even though it was cancelled because of the snow.

Shafi called Jessica and left a message but she couldn’t hear it very well.