Could have, would have, should have – modals of lost opportunity

no doubt about it, good lesson James. cya buddy.

Efrain

good lesson James

idarwish

yayyY… love this lesson.. thanks james :)

idagregorio110

very nice method of teaching.. thank you very much sir

zayeem

In the last question why cant we use “could have”? Isn’t it a past possibility.

Ramankit

For the last question:
Could have: You knew it but you couldn’t go but this person didn’t know it before that’s why ‘would have’ is perfect here. I hope this would help you! Cya!

Shadow

twas a big help. thanks EngVid!

marciamaroze

thanks James, you’re awesome :)

hodhaifa10

thank’s ;)

mac

I’m new over here, and already bookmarked this page, very nice!!!

tiagocruz

Aloha James. I know we have to use the structure would have + past participle but I have heard lots of people saying: If you were a cat, I would have brought you some food. This example is stupid but it illustrates what I mean. Is that grammatically correct? Thanks

murilomoreiraaguiar

Thanks for the lesson James. It was a great one.

Juan

Great

magag57

hello james.
thanks a lot for all your lessons,i would like to congratulate u about them thanks again i’m going to test my understanding of this english lesson have a good day see ya bro

soufo

Hi,this is really a good and important lesson. I enjoy the way you explain it.
till next time James
PS. By the way I’m from Carapicuiba, São Paulo, Brazil

neusa

I could have found the website before. Lost time!! But Here I am.

jaque

i like it)))))))

narejanikovna22

2 tell u the truth I’m astonished how easy u get the information with simple & easy way. the most thing i like was your clear voice although my real player is slow i could understand it easily.Thanks

manar mousa

Merci,
& the ? of mine is:
Can we use all these 3 modals(would,could n might) in 3rd conditional sentences in main clauses?!!?
(had pp / would have pp)

fatiima8

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jackchen99

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bataa

this lesson was very good

shakeel

a very important lesion

shehzad aslam

Hello , I knew the difference b/w saw and seen …i thing its lil bit the same but i confused ? please help me out

Pruz

Hi dear teacher,

I would like to know if it’s possible to use I CAN YOU HELP TOMORROW instead of I COULD HELP YOU TOMORROW.Cuz if we’re talking about possibility ”CAN” can be consider a a possibility.

Divaldo

True, but “can” is more definite — it’s closer to saying “I will help you tomorrow”.

engVid Moderator

I just got my IELTS result today and passed! 6.5 yay! Lots learned from EngVid teachers. Thanks ya! ..and James, U Rawkz!!Emuahs *dancing*

Maznah

Wowoooooooo!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations!
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fatiima8

I got 4 out of 5. Not bad!
As usual, you explained it well.
You are really good Mr. James.
Thanks a lot!

eoj07

Thanks a lot,these lessons are brilliant.

Roch

thanks a lot sir.

mahmoudlutfi82

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caljoy

Thanks….this lesson is so easy to understand.

Zaheer Ahmed

very useful

thank you

Armel

what a bad ass teacher..That was “killa”

hapkido

thanks jams this lesson is very nice

sahra

cool! So easy to understand. Its your service:)

alfa

Great job. Thanks.

rios

GOOD TEACHING ……….NICELY EXPLAINED

sharanbrar

tnx sir james

gagandoal

NICE LESSON jAMES!

joão batista

That’s amazing
thank you so much

FFA

you too: styl of teaching is good also you are funny which makes studing with you more enjoyable

educatedman

The way you teach will directly goes in to mind. Thank you James.

satishcherukuri

a very very good website for learning English.

thanks,but i need breif explanation with more examples.

ramnayak

thanks!!! I loved it

adrigris

I like it!!!!

Gebre

brilliant teaching me J, keep on your wonderful work.. thank you so much for your time and help..

sir you are great teacher

Irshad

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Khalil noah

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amlalhayat

you were good but you speak fast

7soo

engvid all teachers method of teaching is very good i pray for him

nisar486

Thanks

ahmadshakeel

good job james…

But i still have one more question in my mind. what ” i’d ” means? Does it mean ‘I would, I could or I had ‘? I’ve always been confused.

lily01

I have gotten 5 out of 5 ..:) welldone sana ………………. u have good job …keep it up n carryon ur struggle to learn more english by engvid.com …:) c ya

sana syed

Thanks James, I have to see many examples.

sardiniancitizien

i like james very much !

thanhtruc

You’re great James! Straight forward teaching. Keep up the good work.

Karlos

Hi James you’r funny teacher,i like
your teaching style please keep it up.

andargachew

very good very informative….now i have clear picture how to use modals………..thanks

infinity216

thanks a lot

atll20

Thank you!

jcz1989

this is a great website! the teachers are great..

itiel

its really fun learning English.thank you for the lesson

jay-jay

Hi. I want you to know that it is not our native language. Why are you speaking so fastly? Is there a knight with his horse chasing you? Please never forget that we have 2 isues one of them to understand what you talk about and the last one what do you mean. Pls speak a little slow and help us.

Necip

thanks

erdenetuya

Interesting lesson, thanks James

philipoon

jame’s videos great

Dilanka

hi teacher! i need your help!
what’s the diffirent between 2 sentenses?
– you can help me
– you could help me
Thanks for your attention!

Yeens

hey yeens
let’s see
could is past of can
so, now u see that one sentence is in the past and the another one in th present.

could also is a modal which express posibility..
i hope u got what i meant
bye

julio

can and could are both express possibility
can – present
could – past
you can help me – it means i will surely help you.
you could help me – it means im not 100% sure that i can help you

cloydszcky

Thank u Mr. James your way of teaching is impressive ,but be a bit slow.

Akram Malik

i see a lot of compliments, which i almost agree
he could have given more examples to understand better cos the quiz is not enough…

julio

thanks for lesson

selcukbektas1976

Nice smile sir. n thnx for teaching us. God Bless you

saim6474

hi, James i want dis please you teach me how we can use Have been, Has been and Had been in the way of talking.thanks

husna

hola Husna,

have been: is present perfect.you use it for :we,you,and they.
has been:is for she,he,and it.
had been is the past perfect.

keylla

Thank u sir

Abdul Qayum

Very well, is is amazing! Thanks James..

Iván Suárez

This lesson helps me lot. I should clear out all my questions which are confusing me by visiting EngVid.com

harsan

Hi Sir, How r u ? Hope that u’ll be fine. Sir I got 5 out of 5. Usually in every quiz I got full score but whenever I speak, I can’t speak well. What should I do to overcome on it.

Ghazni

bro this is normal..every person go through from this situation..what u need to do is..start speaking..even if u know u are speaking wrong ..this will help u to come out from hesitation..this worked for me and hope will work for u as well..:)

rahult2012

thanks for our teachers whats ways to get on basices pronociation

anir

what is diffirent between can and cuold?

haiyen

amazing lessons..thanks:)

rahult2012

Very useful lesson. thanks a lot.

damiangigena

thank u a lot
i like your method so much and plz keep it up

Feras

james you make me feel so good. you are funny and very intelligent teaching english. i love yours lessons.
Thank you very much

andrea

Thank you very much for this lesson!

Raymond

i liked very much this class. now i’m going to use everything that i’ve learned with my friends.

robert

excellent lesson …excellent teacher…
thanks

edlene

mr James your lessons really good, not good thank you

rustam

Thanx James.

peet001

Thank you so much
With your videos I understand pretty much every thing
I like your tipe of teaching

Wenceslao

Mr Jams You’re Really Perfect Teacher in this site and you’re make me professional in english easliy …. Thank You soo much Mr :)

Mina Helmy

good lesson james.
thanks

naresh

Thank you very much for this lesson. What about the following usage of Would? Eg : My parents would let me go to the bush. When people see your kind, they would run a mile. My concern is the usage of would and not would have.

Delly

Thank You! great lesson! I never thought about “perfects” acting like a link to the past, it’s clear now. :)

giovanifm

Sir, This is the final quiz question
Mr. E said he would have come to visit you if he had known that you were in the hospital.
Please explain me why it is not “would have came” in the sentence

dhamu

you are good as you used to be..

afnan

Thank you James, I have learnt it

John

thanks teacher !!
I still need to you , I should have watched engvid a long time ago !

Tiger

as always you’re almost the best comparing with the other teachers here :)
to be serious. really. it’s good job.
I always answer right your quiz after your lesson.

dsmover from Russia

This is the best! lesson I should have to enhance my English Grammar. Thanks James really! help me a lot.

Nick

I would appreciate more examples.

zdenek

I would like to do more exercise about this lessons , it’s possible??

marianna77

very interesting topic! it helps me a lot!
thanks, teacher!

mariettakemp

I can appreciate “Not Could” for tht all of You are good teacher for me.

it means i am 100% sure about you are a good teacher for me.

am i correct?

Ashish

Absolutely nice lesson James.

Yogendra

Thanks

sunilkumar21052668

You are great

aydin

Understandable!

victoralfonso26

James – you’re really good teacher. But One question, why you always design worm on the board?) It’s really funny…

conakry

you’re realy me helping me to increase my english thank ur

medoune

NICE LESSON jAMES!it’s very nice.thanks…………………….

anil rajpoot

great, I need this

leylakamal

I like it so much and it helps me to understand the lesson, but in fact u r really a wonderful when u explain it

Nawaf

I really should have read it early….Good Less
on..

tarif naaz

Thank you teacher.
I have a question.
Way does Mr. E say coulda, woulda and

Hector

and shoulda.
These are contraccion of could have, would have and should have.
Could you explain this please?
Thank you a lot.

Hector

James you are my sunshine in my foggy,misty days.I have broken my ankle a month ago so I have to stay in the flat day after day.BUUUT I discovered ENGVID and your brilliant teaching.I enjoy every moments of your lessons.

Kate Molnárné Dudás

just i need to learn some grammar but i was amazed because its easy to understandable another thing at the end of the lesson some quiz question asked is very very superb thing which will help me to test my knowledge whether i understood the lesson correctly or not. its supppppppeeeeeeeerrrrrrrbbbbbb

prabhu

i just want to learn grammer and u should give a lesson about being

manish sharma

very fruitful lesson..I love your lessons..

engvivid85

I god 4/5

engvivid85

I got 4/5

engvivid85

Thanks so much .

Moneer

I’m beginner and this is helpful for me

karatman32

pls give more exaample

manualmas

thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu u a good teacher i like ur method

sami45

hey there.i love the way you teach.I am also a teacher and I teach English as a second language and the matter of the fact is that my first language is Urdu :) I am working in UAE and here people are multilingual.The problem that i face in teaching is TTT i-e teachers talk time.My employer is always complaining about it and according to her it should be 80 % students and 20% teacher…I use visual and audio aid in my lessons, pictures n puzzles.I have tried everything but still she feels that i talk a lot…I shall be really great full if you email me some tips on how to reduce ttt and secondly how should we introduce tenses in an ESL class of beginners.
regards,
ayesha

ayesha

Hi, how is it going?, nice class, but i’ve got a question, What is the difference between “Can’t have happened” and “couldn’t have happened”?, thank you pal.

feibian

thanks a lot sir

VARUN

thank you for the lesson. however, the test is quite easy. i got them all correct but i am not sure if my understanding is crystal clear. i am so confused. what is the different between these modals and simple past tense. like. i would drink that, if i didn’t have to drive. and. i would have drink that, if i didn’t have to drive. thank you.

meme

Thanks a lot, would you give us more example .

eshim

thanks James. can you give some example

haksoma1980

100%!!! Thank you!

Sally S

yeah I did it perfectly xD

moez00

Thanks James!

scarface

More Quiz please.

alexye

Thank you James!

sgmmm

Thanks James!

wiltoncleiton

Thanks

Mizzz

Thank you James, you are great!

sicastro

thanx james i like the way u take the class

pranavclt

Thank you sir,
Sir please tell me is it correct..
“if i were Obama, i would have changed the face of country”

rbachheti

Thanks a lot!

KIV86

Thank you !

Natalia Lopez

James thank you for your effort and help me to know englesh language.

tuyizerepatrick

good lesson, thanks a lot

karim58

Thanks got 60%.

Abdul Qayum

4/5 not bad
nice lesson,thank you ;-)

florabel

thank you James for the amazing video
I got 100% I’m so thankful to you

Abdulrahman Adel

Very useful lesson, thank you James.

basiliovillanueva

Your videos are really awesome! I’ve been struggling with these modals for months! Thank very much. You’re the best, James :)

erudivo

well done! your lessons are awesome! they work best on me! english is less of a burden now!

2Questionmark

I got a 100 percent score! I really like the way Mr.E teaches.

LuluF

Hi James. A million thanks for this lesson. I’m very confused if what is the best word should use if I had a conversation to someone. Now that you apparently show and discuss what is the big differences, It clears my mind. Keep it up James. I love the way you act. Happy day.

Noraisa

Thank you very much!

Iamhere.

Wothout exaples there are difficult to understand

Parvith

Thank you so much James

SimoneTruglia

Practice:
I would help you if i get enough time to do so.
I would try for you, if situation arises.
I would arrange a party, if I get incentives.
I would sale this mobile phone, if you do not pay me by tomorrow.
5. I wouldn’t mind, if you help me with my project.
I wouldn’t say sorry until he begs pardon.
I wouldn’t pay the fees, if they do not allow me to sit for exams.
please suggest me, whether these sentences are grammatically correct !!

habib rayeen

Thanks, James.
Very useful lesson.

Koichi

good job sir

jimbo rivera tagle

Oh it’so exceptional information, sorry!

Kibych

it’s so* and thank you instead sorry, i was busy by listening my friends.)

Kibych

i got perfect. wooohhhh! hahaha

lynlynerato

thanks really usefulstuff

Alhamamii

thanks James , you are a very good teacher

robbe

thanks so much
please could you sent to me more exercise to do it

Alhamamii

yeaahh, i got 5

ullya

Excellent lesson! Thanks James

LuisFelipeG

Waoh, great teacher you are. thanks a million

abdullahlukman

Thank you James.

Maribelle

Thank you James.

Nadir

OH,I like it the most

minkho1910

I got 100% correct. It’s easy to understand. Thanks James.

tony wang

I GOT 3/5 not bad more practicaly more parfectly

mlwale shabani

Thank you James.

Andahazy

Thanks for help me.

Smith Batist

I do enjoy these worms! :))))))And this lesson!

Tra-ta-ta

hehe, worms!

Najeebuddin

Thanks you so much.i really enjoy here.

ashfaq mahmood

Thanks a lot !!! I’ve learnt here a lot ;3
I should keep watching videos :3

yoless2

You have a good lesson. I love your lessons!

zimcyzimcy

james can you upload the video use her, his & him what is
different these three word adn use if also………

razia praveen

perfect video James !!. i admire you haha

elier lopez

hi James

it would be great if u answer my question… I’m new to Engvid.. I lived in a place n now I’m somewhere else, if I have to tell my previous neighbors… I wish I were your neighbor forever…

I echo your thoughts… is this expression correct?

hope you read my question…. waiting for ur reply… thanks in advance :)

shilpa928

It’s a real!! I’ve never tasted like this
lecture before. THANK YOU JAMES

troy the real

hi james,

thank you so much, i have got 5 marks:)

nishuneha

Hello,
Can we use “Should Have” with 1st form of Verb. If yes please share the Example. Thank you!

riteshhanda

plz tell me how to use would and could in all the sitution

mady6767

is it use for only present and future

or for past also…

mady6767

thanks James, it’s good to learn this lessen.

Maggie Gan

I find this lesson very helpful as well as the previous lessons!

khuder

It has been an entertaining lesson, very useful as always. Thanks a lot, teacher James from EngVid.

angardiobel

I am a Taiwanese English teacher.
(我是一個台灣的英文老師)

The reason why my English is so good in comparsion with most of my fellow Taiwanese is that I have been constantly learning and practicing English.
(我英文能力之所以比其他台灣大多數同胞來得強是因為我不間斷地學習與練習英文)

Hopefully the average Emglish ability level for Taiwanese can improve a lot in the very near future.
(希望台灣的平均英語實力能在不久的將來大大地進步)

I have finished watching this video completely.
(我已經完整地看完了這個影片)

This video is awesome！！！！
(這個影片棒呆了！！！)

It is bloody useful！！
(真是夭壽實用！！！)

Big thanks to the teacher and all the fellow students around the world.
(大大地感謝老師與所有其他國籍的學生)

Ray Hsu

I could have gotten fall score

ALKEBSEE

thanks James. my score is 60. if I could have read the messages where were under questions, my score could have 100. I forget unfortunately.

Satilmis

Thanks, James You are an amazing man.

Najeebuddin

I did horrible James!

Mikesyndrom

5 out of 5.. wow..

peter1993

good James!

Mikesyndrom

Very good lesson but I need to practice more

Fulvia morales

Thank James! Now I see diference between modals.

Danuta

Thanks！

shihai182

I could be wrong but I think you should speak less rapidly ma Master. in my opinion, compare this lesson with your other lessons I watched ever since, this seems unfortunetely less given importance. if I were you i would explain the lesson a little more slowly. Thanks anyway.