Lesson 281--Possibilities and Impossibilities

 

When we look at a situation and must make a conclusion about what happened, we can use could have/may have and might have + past participle for possibilities.  On the other hand, when we use couldn't have + past participle , we are saying that it is impossible.

examples

Julia is not here.  She might have gone home.

There are only two stores open, so she may have gone to the closest one.

Paul has a car, so he could have gone anywhere.

Check you phone because she might have tried to call you.

Gwen doesn't have keys, so she couldn't have taken the car.

Victor forgot his phone, so he couldn't have called you.

You couldn't have seen Pablo at the mall because he is on vacation in Miami.

Lesson 263--Expressions with Have

 

There are many key vocabulary expressions with have and in today's lesson, we will explore some more useful examples.  Today's examples all focus on talking to other people.  Hopefully you will find these examples useful.

Have a meeting.

Have a conference.

Have a conversation.

Have a discussion.

Have a talk.

examples.

Jane had a meeting at 9:00 am with her team.  She was going to have a frank discussion with them about their disappointing performance.

It was hard for Michael to have a discussion with his parents.  They just didn't see eye to eye.

Lesson 186--a cold: catching and having

 

I caught a cold last week, and as I write this, I still have a cold.  Despite how terrible I feel, I realize that this is a good opportunity for an English lesson.

We use catch a cold to talk about the moment we received the virus. 

I caught a cold yesterday.

I caught a cold from my students.

If you hang out with sick people, you might catch a cold.

We use have a cold to describe how we feel at this moment, or some specific time.

I don't feel well because I have a cold.

I had a cold last weekend and stayed in bed the whole time.