Read the conversations and the questions that Rita and Luz could have asked. Then write your own answers to the questions.
Conversation 1
Rita: My uncle gave me this painting last year. It's not really my taste.
Leah: Hmm. Well, you could have taken it back to the store.
Rita: I couldn't have done that. He painted it himself. And anyway, I wouldn't have wanted to upset him.
Leah: Well, I guess the only thing you could have done was smile and say thank you.
Rita: That's exactly what I did. I wouldn't have said anything else. Though I guess I should have sounded a little more enthusiastic.
Questions for Conversation 1
1. What else could I have said?
2. How would you have reacted?
3. Would you have hung it up?
Conversation 2
Luz: You know, I was upset that Cora didn't come to my party last month.
Jon: Yeah, I think I would have been upset, too.
Luz: I was, but I guess I should have called her to see if she was coming.
Jon: Maybe. But she still could have contacted you. Although maybe she was sick and couldn't call.
Luz: Yeah, I didn't think about that. But she should have gotten her mother to call and tell me. That's what I would have done.
Jon: Yeah, but you never know. Why don't you call and find out what happened?
Questions for Conversation 2
4. Would you have felt angry?
5. Would you have called her?
6. What should Cora have done?
Check that you use:
• would have + past participle to imagine your behavior in a situation in the past
• should have + past participle to say what was the right thing to do in a situation in the past
• could have + past participle to say what other possibilities there were in the past
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