Unreal past tenses like "would have" and "could have" are used to talk about imagined or hypothetical situations in the past. Regrets and wishes about past events are commonly expressed using "if only" clauses with past forms like "had" to refer to opportunities or choices that never happened. For example, saying "If only I had studied more, I would have passed the exam."
Unreal past tenses like "would have" and "could have" are used to talk about imagined or hypothetical situations in the past. Regrets and wishes about past events are commonly expressed using "if only" clauses with past forms like "had" to refer to opportunities or choices that never happened. For example, saying "If only I had studied more, I would have passed the exam."
Unreal past tenses like "would have" and "could have" are used to talk about imagined or hypothetical situations in the past. Regrets and wishes about past events are commonly expressed using "if only" clauses with past forms like "had" to refer to opportunities or choices that never happened. For example, saying "If only I had studied more, I would have passed the exam."