11.2 Should/Shouldn't have

When we criticize past actions we use Should or Shouldn't have + the verb in its past form.

• Yes, that's correct. We have to use the past tense.

• No, that's incorrect. We use the past participle form.

• None of the other answers are correct.

Ariel posted a video on the Web without his friend permission.

• He shouldn't posted the video!

• He should have posted the video!

• He shouldn't have posted the video!

A: Fernanda sent a critical text message to her boss.

B: She _______________ the text!

• shouldn't have sended

• shouldn't had sent

• shouldn't have sent

• shouldn't had sended

Complete the sentence:

A: Andrea didn't join Twitter until last month.

B: She should ______________ Twitter sooner.

Complete the sentence using the same verb:

A: Sofia didn't speak to her parents about the rude email she'd received.

B: She should ______________ to her parents.

Complete the sentence using the same verb:

A: Fabian hasn't created his Tiktok account yet.

B: He ___________________ his Tiktok account already.

Complete the sentence using the same verb:

A: Francisco didn't reply to any of my emails.

B: He ___________________ to my emails.

Complete the sentence using the same verb:

A: Mariana spent eight hours on the internet last night.

B: She ___________________ so long on the internet.

Write the words in the correct order:

shouldn't / other / celebrities / criticized / They / have

Write the words in the correct order:

she / been / have / so / Should / critical?