Need a Help - How to use Should, Should have, Should have been, should be in sentence

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Ravi_B

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Hi Everyone,

I wanted to know how to use should, should have, should have been, should be in sentences. (Active voice + Passive Voice)

Please explain me with the some examples.

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I want[STRIKE]ed[/STRIKE] to know how to use should, should have, should have been, should be in sentences. (Active voice + Passive Voice)

Please explain it to me with [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] some examples.

Click here for links to earlier threads on the use of 'should' and its various tenses.

Note that you 'Need help' — not 'Need a Help'.
 

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Thanks a lot Rover.

I have gone through the link which you mentioned in your post, but I got totally confused.

Can you explain me what is difference between and how to use
[h=2]Should, Should have, Should have been, should be in sentence.[/h]Also please give me some examples.

awaiting for your reply.
 

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You should stay out of betting shops; you'll lose all your money.

I should have stayed out of betting shops; I lost all my money.

I lost all my money in betting shops; I should have been more careful.

I knew I would lose all my money in betting shops; I should be more careful in future.'
 

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Hello.

Ravi_B, you should read English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy.

english-grammar-in-use-advanced-grammar-in-use-com-cdrom-e-respostas.jpg (the blue one will be extremely helpful for you)

Boris.
 
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