Past Regrets should (n't) have Verb 3.

 Past Regrets 

1. Structure: should have + V3

Usage: We use this when we didn’t do something in the past, but it was the right thing to do. Now, we regret not doing it.

2. shouldn't have + V3

We use this when we did something wrong in the past, and now we regret it.

V3 means the past participle of the verb.

 Examples: eat → eaten, go → gone, do → done, tell → told, etc.

Examples – “Should have + V3” (Regret not doing something):

I should have studied more.

She should have called me.

You should have told me.

They should have apologized earlier.

Examples – “Shouldn’t have + V3” (Regret doing something):

I shouldn’t have eaten that.

You shouldn’t have shouted.

He shouldn’t have lied.

She shouldn’t have cried.

They shouldn’t have laughed.  

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