Common Mistakes: “Could of” or “Could have”? (Could’ve / Would’ve / Should’ve)

I never thought about this common mistake. It helped me with pronunciation. Thank you!

sherlocu

Thank you, after I learn about could have should have and would have. I feel so glad

brian09

thank you its so important for us because iam kurdish & not know about english thank you so much

shushu

some basic mistake you made in that sentence, and I know English is not your first language because of that you find it hard. I know everyone means you it’s eg it is, its normally means belonging to someone; I or we do, should be at the start of the sentence, and you do not need an ampersand (&). Plus you are using know in the wrong context (way). Here are some para phasing/redoing of your sentence
thank you it’s this is important for us/me because I/we am Kurdish and do not know much English, i thank you.
If you using, us use we and if using I use me; in the sentence you gone to, a loads of people to just yourself.

japhes

am/are Kurdish. And unsure if a common or about after much and before English

japhes

In the quiz, you should have written bare infinitive, not just infinitive. Because infinitive is the verb that starts with to.

Shorty

This has been fixed. Thanks for your feedback, Shorty.

engVid

Thank you for that correction.

Jon

hi there, pretty nice,short lesson buddy. please keep teaching us every week, thanks a bunch Jon. so long.

Efrain

So I would have said thank to everybody who make this program

brian09

ok.me too.i want to be teacher teaching us more lesson

danny123nguyen

thank a lot for this video

mahmoud

Thank you Jon, i learn your lesson…

margie

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Geraldo

thanks , My mistake understand i need some test

liju

thanks , igot english grammer mistakes.

liju

Please I want more & more like these sentences to understand me

Jgowsala

This side is good for who want the gather knowledge.

Thanks,

Masuod

masuod

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huseyin çeri

that is good lesson for us .thanks

shoxan

thank you Jon.i can speak a littlebit faster English now.thanks again.by the way,could u pleaz make a lesson about how we can pronounc g and i hwen they are pronounsed like j and e ?.my regards.

ahmed69

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to incorporate this into my next lesson.

Jon

Thank for this lesson.

vinhson1987

thank you Jon.

I would like to ask you about the question 1 in the quiz .. it was: “I could ______ eaten that steak.” I solved it without have and it gave me wrong =( why? .. I followed your sentence which you wrote it in the video “I could eat chocolate” and you didn’t use have here =O, maybe I did’nt understand it well, could you please explain to me more, I would be grateful =)

Thanks

m552200

Hi friend
Jon forgot to explain something….
the two sentence “I could eat chocolate” and “I could have eaten(after have always past participle) chocolate” have a slight different meaning. Both sentence are refer to the past but the second, than the first, it shows us the feeling not to do the action to eat chocolate, I could eat chocolate but I couldn’t. It’s a regret. I hope not to make you further confusion. Bye

610seiunozero

Hi =D

WOW thank you very much for your explain. Now it’s clear to me, I’m just confused with “have” when we used it and when we don’t need to use it =)

really thanks -Best Regards-

m552200

I feel an important point is missing here – why do you use the contracted form “‘ve” instead of “have”? It depends on the stress and the implied meaning, check these examples:
1) I COULD have eaten that … (It was possible for me to do that in the past and I still have the possibility of doing that in the present – “have” can’t be contracted).
2) I could HAVE eaten that … (It was possible for me to do that in the past but I don’t have the possibility of doing that in the present – “have” can’t be contracted).
3) I could’ve EATEN that … (Here “have” can be contracted).
The meaning implied in the third example is something similar to “instead of”, but it’s commonly used with the meaning of 1) above, and that’s what adds (in my opinion) to the confusion.

Mauro

this is helpful to some people and to me. to add, what have nocited to these model verbs they always end either with the past perfect tense or simple past tense…..thank you guys keet it up to you good work.

bonke

that is surprising …..

utami

Can you please help me with this? What is the verb in” “What does your mother do on Tuesday?” Please explain or elaborate. Thank you.

mewright

thanks teacher Jon it is clear would, should and could

Rashid

Thanks Teacher,it’s helpful.

abbady2011

Thank you. The video did teach me something. I got 4 out ot 4. Thanks makes me feel good.

Beverly Paige

hello every one..

valen

thank you

kamal

thanks a lot of video about would have, coul

thanks you…

nenita22

Thanks for the lesson.I could have polished my rusty english.

Md Hilmi A

very good lesson,it,s help me alots. thank you.

Raj

that is very short .we need more.thanks.

azza

thanks a lot for that lesson.

hamza28

great lesson thanks Mr John

Gray Wolf

great lesson thanks Mr John

Gray Wolf

thanks a lot a bout the lesson but whats the basic roles for making a sentences?

emad

I suppose the most basic rule is that a sentence should have a subject and a verb. But I like to think less of rules and more in relation to what you are trying to communicate.

Jon

it was great!

jenny

thank u mr.JON LOVE YOU ^_^

hanody

Hi there, how are you and can we talk on skype to improve our english. Actually i am also learning Arabic so oblige me. وسوف أكون ممتنا لكم.

aman7en

My id is aman7en on skype.

aman7en

Thanks Sir, very useful

Abdul Wahid Erfan

Great lesson!

Monomoon

New one n fantastic,tnx sir.

fatiima

its odl 1.

faisal

Thanks for this lesson. It’s dificult the pronunciation of contraction “modals + have”, This lesson resolve the problem.

susa2011

It was great! I didn’t know this! thank you!

luisb1986

good lessons

ana

Frankly, your announcements was not clear. Do you know why? because You you explained quickly that I did not understand that I am with you I wish to explain to me and when to use this lesson is clear and thank you, Sir John

omar

thank you Mr JON

natabelka8

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aman7en

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faisal

Thank yu… gud lesson… :)
Mr Jon

sassy

have u learnt english from this site. answer me ,please.

jitu

You’re the best. I do like you. I’ve never imagined that I could speak english. Thanks Engvid.

Maria Clara

thank you Mr.Jonh

nextidea

thank u varry much mr jon.

shofiqul

hello to everyone i’m a n english student and i think websites like this are very very useful thanks …

santos

clearly understand !

ranne47

Thanks jon it’s very informative..

TDP

Good lecture..Thanks Jon

prasad25

thanks thanks

eko widiyanto

can you tell me what is the diffrent between

would have , would
could have , could ?
and when can i use them ?

that is all
thank you my teacher :)

joli

thanks for the providing the such good, and helpful video. I got much information.

ziaurahman

Thanks Jon, this really helped in my assignments.

Kena

4 out of 4..thank you

sureshdynamic

i started to understand

farty

thanks

mahsad313

Sorry,Jon, I dont understand, tell me,When do WE use the words would, should and could? What is it case in?

rain6641

thanks Jon, i liked it

rakesh

i hope your site help me to speak fluently

moneer

Thank you =)

wakeelahmedchanna23

4 out of 4. Thanks so much Jon.

samdjam

hi this is cenk from istanbul and heart of the tourism in spice market i work in spice market im making practice everyday but i felt little better when i find to valen on the youtube after here u guys are perfect thanks for all lessons and pretty idoms

spiceman

thanks a lot john.

luckyluks84

thanks for everything mr.jhon

rodi

Thank you so much, teacher Jon! God bless you!

benjan4ever

Thanks very helpfull videos

syed m mohsin

i like jon i want him to come to oman
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rmmah

would have + v3 is present perfect right?

keomalay

this is really very good lesson that i have learnt .thanx once againg

manoj sharma

i like this

manoj sharma

thank so much you teach excellent every day I learn

Marians

thank you Jon
I want to listen and speak english
what do I do?

quang

thanks son mucho i appreciate your class and i think i learn a little bit more.
I will understand this lenguge more each more

stellaa

Great…

kpsingh1234

thnk you so much.these videos are of great help.can add more videos.

jia

hi ! thanks 4 lesson…
i have a question that what’s the difference between infinitive and bare infinitive?

pm2011

thanx alot mr: jon

mans

Thank you Jon. I believe this is a common mistake for a native speaker.
If this helps Engstud:
Infinitive: “to work”, “to have”, etc.
Base form (or bare infinitive): “work”, “have”
Thanks Jon

jafcru12

I would be very thankful to Engvid team.this is very useful website to me.Thanks again!!!!!

Nilanka

Hi Jon!
I’ve got a problem with your first sentence. You said: “I would have picked you up, but I ran out of gasoline.”
In Hungary I learned Conditional this way:
“I would have picked you up, but I HAD run out of gas.”
Your second example is in the same form as mine, but I really don’t know why you used simple past intstead of past perfect.
Can you help me, please? Thanks, and best regards from Hungary!

Atyafi

All right Jon! It is all clear!
I didn’t notice the conjunction. It is BUT, not if.
:-)

Atyafi

This lesson is not good because you are just write some sentence and right about grammar. But you explain it is not clear and does not have more example. And explain how to use could have , should have or would have. However I would have thank to your lesson

Poland

thanks for this great lesson. now i understood. but could you plz explain what is the difference between rather or either in your next lesson.

abc

I liked the lesson very much, and could you please make a video about WISH and its rules? It’d be very interesting a lesson about this. Thanks

Caio

We do have a lesson on “wish”!

engVid Moderator

hi jon i love u

sara999

Me too baby, join me on skype as aman7en i hope we will improve our english.

aman7en

thank you very good tips

danny65

Hi.. is rather Verb?

Jon _____ rather ride his bike than take the bus.

cos u told to put Base form of verb after MODAL.. pls clarify

Amit

hi jhon
i really enjoy your lessons. I think you are great teacher.this topics are really helpfull for me .

sunmi

very poor explanation

ramnayak

Hi,
This was a good lesson. I’ve already seen this mistake on e-mails. Anyway, I wonder if you can please explain more the pronunciation of these modals as a native speaker (when it’s contracted)including might have + PP. Ronnie has a video similiar like this one but she didn’t include the pronunciation of might. I would like to know how it sounds when spoken.

Thanks

Davion

that is nice

aboody18

Hello!
I’d like to know about using those Would’ve,should’ve,could’ve.I mean when and where I can use them and how do I use ?
Thank you!!!

thandar946

i still dizzy about question number 2.
Can u sir explain me?

saepulanwar

i want to ask if my choose is right

*people next door are very noisy! i wish they …….

1.to stop
2.(would stop)
3.have stopped
4.will stop

sami

another one sir

*the doctor will see you as soon as he………

1.possible
2.(could)
3.can
4.will be able

that’s alright answer?

sami

how can i know when to use could,should,would in sentence its so confusing for me pliss help..thank you

mesty

Dear Jon,
thank you very much for your lesson. I have a question out of your subject: the place of comma. As in another lesson, if you put a comma between to sentences that is incorect. I mean there is not a comma before “but” anf “if” in your two first examples. Is that right? Thank you!

Diep

Thank u mentor

Abdul Qayum

veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy poor explanation

mazen

hey john ,thanku so much , your videos are very informative with ease of grammer learning ,and test pattern is alo nice ,,good work john,………..

palak

thank you…but too short…..anyway I like it

chotika

Can you please share a video on how to use would/could/should in spoken/conversation english

Kumar

Thanks a lot!

Gennadiy

thanks, the videos are excellent to learn the pronunciation of english

Mary

Thank you John, it was nice video lesson.

Renat

great lesson

momen22

Thank you!

Mariella Parra

very useful lesson!

marinero66

Thanks a lot , I’ve ( I of //this is wrong//. ) got 100

Zuhra

thank you so very much

Oneda♥♥♥

sir , U explained in very brief , U could have explain this by some more examples . Even exercise were also very few . Sir but any how Thank u ,Sir . It such a wonderful lesson that we need to speak in day to day life .

puja21

thank u good lesson.
but i don’t know this means.
i’d like to lean more thay means and how to use.
could u teach me about that??

carrine

god bless to engvid

engvivid85

Thanks for this great video. I do have a question. At the beginning of it, you said something like “I got” would’ve, could’ve… Or maybe you said “I’ve got” would’ve … so my question is which one did you say? I mean, I just can not tell the difference when people say “I got” or ” I’ve got”. Nor do I know when to use which.

Similarly, I can not tell the contraction “I’d” is for would or had.

Thanks for reading my questions. Looking forward to your reply or maybe a great video on this.

Joey

Thank you John. I really appreciate your lessons. You are a good teacher, thank you:)

Beata

thanks

parveeh

Mr. Jon.. when i should use “should, would and could” in the sentence…?

thank u.. :)

proudtobepinoy

Can I ask you question? In this sentence (found in the dictionary) why has “WOULD BE BOXED IN” been used instead of “WOULD HAVE BEEN BOXED IN”? The whole sentence is in the past tense and the fact that her son could have been boxed in didn’t happen! Look: “She didn’t want to send her son to a school where he woud be boxed in by so many rules and regulations”…I really don’t get it, and many times I’ve found this sort of sentence…

purple

how about this.Harry’s daughter must have spent much of her time in hospital due to the illness. Harry and Sally would not have had a vacation in two year.

Ali

Thank you for this lesson. It was great.

locdy

I didnt know about this mistake , I mean I’ve never used Should of instead of Should’ve
thanks for this lesson anyway

anngessy

Thanks Jon….

geochemist

thank Jon…

ilda muco

Thanks Jon. If it’s possible for you to make a video explaining when to use “can, will” in comparison to modal verbs (could, would). Thank you in advance.

JohannaA

Hey Jon! How can i down this lessons substitle?

ybakdemir

Incredible!Thank you a billion times!

Iamhere.

i want to learn the difference between should, could, would. i get confuse while using them.

Pooja Bisht

I have a question for you Teacher Jon ? About these modals verb.
should’ve, could’ve, would’ve
All of these are past tense or present tense?
Thanks for sharing these lesson…

cindyrella

Thanks Jon.

Josmer

Thanks.

Nadir

This is the worst video that I’ve ever watched so far on envid.
Please get some feedback because I don’t see any teaching skills or passion for teaching .you could’ve thought that if I hadn’t liked your teaching,I should haven’t watched ,but I have to watch every single video here to improve my english .
Sorry but these are a piece of advice for you.

julyist

Thank you!

Nao Tsuboya

Incomplete explanation sir. I was waiting for you to explain on how to use would, could and shouldn’t in a sentence:( you should explain that further because these words really confused me.