- Students work in pairs.
- Below, there are ten sentences that contain "could+have" to express past possibilities or abilities.
- Students work together to discuss a situation where each sentence could be said.
Example:
You could have taken a photo with your cell phone!
"I was walking along the street when I saw a man breaking into a car. He immediately saw me and ran away. The police later asked me for a description of the man, but I couldn't really remember what he looked like."
- You could have asked ten minutes ago when we were stopped!
- You could have gone during break time!
- You could have called me!
- You could have been seriously hurt!
- You could have been arrested!
- You could have checked on the Internet about this city before you came here!
- You could have found help if you had just asked someone!
- You could have called the police!
- You could have asked the teacher!
- You could have become a professional!