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Modal verbs >> Should have (to express past obligation)

Should have - to express unfulfilled past obligation

Structure: should + have + past participle

We use should have for the past.

We use should have to say that someone didn't do something, but it would have been better to do it.

You should have told them the truth.
You shouldn't have gone there - it was a mistake.
I don't think you should have done it.

 

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