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Three Step English - Practice #4 - Expressing Regrets in English - Practice

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Practice expressing regrets in English

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0:00.0

Do you know how to express regrets in English?

0:03.0

Welcome to three-step English practice by English Class 101.com.

0:08.0

In this lesson, you'll practice expressing regrets in English.

0:13.0

Let's look at the main dialogue.

0:17.0

Two people are having a conversation.

0:20.0

I see. Well, we should have gone to Greenberger. They having a conversation. I see.

0:21.6

Well, we should have gone to Greenberger.

0:24.6

They have a terrace there.

0:26.6

Yeah, but the terrace is always crowded.

0:28.6

We should have called and made a reservation.

0:32.6

Here, the first person is using should have to express regret by saying an action that they could

0:39.3

have taken but didn't. The thing they should have done is indicated by the past participle verb

0:45.5

that follows directly after. Here, the past participle in the first line of dialogue is gone,

0:52.4

and the ones in the third line are called and made.

0:57.5

Let's practice with this grammar more in this lesson.

1:01.7

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

1:04.7

Ready?

1:07.8

We should have up a bit later. We should have up a bit later.

1:11.6

We should have up a bit later.

1:15.6

Net.

1:21.6

Net.

1:26.6

Net. met. We should have met up a bit.

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