'Should've gone to Specsavers' and other MODAL verbs.

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This common colloquial British - Irish phrase SHOULD'VE GONE TO SPECSAVERS is used to refer to BAD DECISION making or the result of something  due to poor vision. The advertising campaign has been so successful that the phrase fused with popular culture and the brand are in a process of TAILORING for the Z- generation. 

ADVICE - Subject + modal verb \ should \ + past perfect ---- You should have gone -- 
CONNECTED SPEECH -- contracted -- YOU SHOULD'VE GONE.  


Here we will look at REGRETS, Annoyances and things you would like to change presently in yourself or in other people or situations. The above video is a classic of a Welsh sheep farmer a slow paced humorous take on a need to get eyes tested. 

Above is an example of advice after the fact, that really annoying thing some people do when you just bought something you thought was a bargain only to meet neighbour who always tells you something you don't want to know. 


PAST REGRET - I wish I hadn't \ had not \ gone to Boston in the summer of 1995.

ANNOYANCE - I wish she would flush the toilet after using the bathroom!

PRESENT SITUATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE  – If only I had potatoes from Galicia I would have a better tortilla .

Modal verbs expressing Possibility and Certainty - Details - Kahoot!





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