Perfect Modals

 

👀The modal perfects express intentions of the speaker such as certainty such as certainty, probability regret, among others, but referring to past actions. 

Examples:

1. I should have come to the English lesson. They had a fantastic time.
2. They must have had an accident. They are always on time.
3. You could have come to the party. I invited you.

CONVERSATION MODEL

A: I should have gone to the beach

B: why do you say that?

A: I saw the pictures; I could have enjoyed the beach. 

B: I could have been, well, you could have been happy. 

A: Sure. 

1 I should have married Marie.2 They might have left.

1 I should have married Marie.2 They might have left.