Should/Shouldn´t

We use should have + past participle to talk about things we regret.

I got really wet walking home last night, I should have taken an umbrella.

The speaker did not take an umbrella when she went out last night so she got wet. She regrets that she did not take her umbrella.

Examples:

·         Regret (verb/noun) is to feel sorry about something that happened or did not happen in the past.

·         I should have called you sooner.

·         You should have spoken to me before deciding.

·         Sarah talked all the way through the movie. I should not have invited her to the cinema.

·         I'm really tired today. I should not have stayed awake so late last night.

ENGLISH SPANISH

1. ·         I shouldn't have shouted at her.
2. ·         Bromberg said I shouldn't have waited over the weekend to get medical help, and I was lucky I hadn't ended up in the hospital [...] womenshealth.gov
3. ·         Bromberg me dijo que no debí haber esperado todo el fin de semana para buscar ayuda médica, y de que tuve suerte de no haber [...] womenshealth.gov
4. ·         You shouldn't have to suffer with nasal allergy symptoms. 1on1health.com
5. ·         No hay razón para que sufra con sus síntomas de alergia nasal. 1on1health.com
6. ·         In each of these cases, the child shouldn't have been immediately excluded from day care. womenshealth.gov
7. ·         En cada uno de los caso, el niño no debe ser excluido de la guardería de inmediato. womenshealth.gov
8. ·         That was perfectly true but raised the question of whether the council shouldn't have stood up to the mayor and vetoed the trip on cost grounds. businesschile.

VOCABULARY

1.      Speeding
2.      Littering
3.      Spraying graffiti
4.      Vandalizing public property
5.      Shoplifting
6.      Fare evading
7.      Illegal downloading
8.      Illegal parking