UNIT 1, LIFE PLANS LEVEL 6
Conversation Model
Sara: Hello Melisa, how are you?
Melisa: I'm here organizing an enrollment.
Sara: You are studying psychology.
Malisa: No, I'm not studying that anymore, it was last year, now I'm studying law.
Sara: I didn't know anything about that change.
Melisa: My mom convinced me to change careers.
Express and ask about past intentions and plans that changed with was / were going to + a base form.
👉I was going to get married (but I didn't).
👏Was she going to take the course?
You can also use would (the past of will) + a base form to express plans and intentions that changed, but only in a noun clause following verbs such as thought, believed, or said.
👉She thought she would be a doctor (but she changed her mind).👉We always believed they would get married (but they never did) 👉They said they would pay for their daughter's studies (but they didn't).
Note: You can also use was / were going to in a noun clause after thought believed or said.
- They were going to study art (but they didn't).
- Were you going to study with Dr. Mellon?
Use perfect modals to express feelings and beliefs about past actions and events: Regrets or judgments: should have + past participle- I should have studied medicine. (But unfortunately, I didn't)
- She shouldn't have divorced Sam. (But unfortunately, she did.)
Possibility: may have/might have + past participle I may (OR might) have failed the final exam. It was really hard. He may (OR might) not have been able to make a living as a painter.
Ability (OR possibility): could have + past participle He was the driver. He could have prevented the accident.
The museum was closed, but she couldn't have known that. It's usually open on Tuesdays.
Certainty: would have past participle You should have gone to Rio. You would have loved it.
It's good he broke up with Anne. They wouldn't have been happy together.
Conclusions: must have+ past participle Beth isn't here. She must have gone home early.
(I think that's what happened.)
(I think that's the reason)
Express and ask about past intentions and plans that changed with was / were going to + a base form.
👉I was going to get married (but I didn't).
👏Was she going to take the course?
You can also use would (the past of will) + a base form to express plans and intentions that changed, but only in a noun clause following verbs such as thought, believed, or said.
👉She thought she would be a doctor (but she changed her mind).
👉We always believed they would get married (but they never did)
👉They said they would pay for their daughter's studies (but they didn't).
Note: You can also use was / were going to in a noun clause after thought believed or said.
- They were going to study art (but they didn't).
- Were you going to study with Dr. Mellon?
Use perfect modals to express feelings and beliefs about past actions and events: Regrets or judgments: should have + past participle
- I should have studied medicine. (But unfortunately, I didn't)
- She shouldn't have divorced Sam. (But unfortunately, she did.)
Possibility: may have/might have + past participle I may (OR might) have failed the final exam. It was really hard. He may (OR might) not have been able to make a living as a painter.
Ability (OR possibility): could have + past participle He was the driver. He could have prevented the accident.
The museum was closed, but she couldn't have known that. It's usually open on Tuesdays.
Certainty: would have past participle You should have gone to Rio. You would have loved it.
It's good he broke up with Anne. They wouldn't have been happy together.
Conclusions: must have+ past participle Beth isn't here. She must have gone home early.
(I think that's what happened.)
(I think that's the reason)
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