3. A: Do you remember the story we read about Lewis and Clark? B: No. I
absent that day.
A: You weren’t absent. And we talked about it for almost a week. B: Oh. Then I A: You
much attention. more attention in class. It was an interesting topic.
4. A: Lincoln’s speech was very short. B: He
it very fast.
A: I don’t think he wrote it fast. I think he chose his words very carefully. B: Edward Everett’s speech was two hours long. The audience
bored.
5. A: I rented the movie Lincoln, but it was very hard for me to understand. B: You
subtitles.
A: I don’t know how to do that. B: You
me. I do it all the time.
6.2 Past Regrets or Mistakes—Should Have EXAMPLES
EXPLANATION
“I should have given a longer speech,” thought Lincoln.
We use should have + the past participle to comment on mistakes or regrets or to rethink the advisability of a past decision.
I think Everett’s speech was too long. He shouldn’t have talked for such a long time.
We use should not have + the past participle to say that a past action was not advisable.
EXERCISE 2 Fill in the blanks to express past advisability. Use context clues to help you. 1. A: There was a great documentary on TV about Lincoln last night. You should B: I didn’t know about it. You should
have seen
it.
me about it.
A: I did tell you. You sometimes write things in your calendar. You should it down. 2. A: I rented the movie Lincoln, and I thought it was boring. I only watched about 20 minutes of it. B: You should
the whole thing. It was very good.
A: I don’t know much about American history. I never paid much attention to it in school. B: History’s very important. You should
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more attention.
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