1. A: My shoes are too new. Even though I wore thick socks, I got blisters. B: You should only wear new shoes an hour a day until they're broken in. A: I might not have bought the right size. Different brands vary in size. B: You should have walked around in the store to check them out. A: Right. I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to buy them. B: You shouldn't have worn your new shoes all day. You're bound to have blisters if you do.
2. A: Mary's computer crashed this morning. She lost all her documents. B: That's terrible. Were her files backed up? A: I'm afraid not. She found a company that promised they would retrieve some of them, but not all of them. A: It's easy to see what she should have done. B: She should have saved her files on a disk or on a CD. A: Exactly. It would have spared her a lot of grief.
3. A: Marvin forgot his wife's birthday again last week. B: He shouldn't have forgotten it. That was a big mistake. Was his wife upset? A: She was no where to be found the next day. She must have gone to her sister's house. B: Marvin should have circled the date on his calendar to remind himself. A: Not only did he forget her birthday, he also failed to remember their tenth anniversary. B: Oh, no. He definitely shouldn't have let that one slip his mind.
4. A: Sophia is unhappy in her job. Do you know what the problem is? B: Her employer made her work two extra hours everyday last week without paying her more. A: She should have gotten overtime pay. Why didn't she? B: I don't know. She could have spoken to her union representative about it, but she didn't. A: She must have been afraid to offend her employer, but come on, fair is fair. B: She accepted that position a little too quickly. With her qualifications and experience, I think she could have done better.
5. A: Vicky's a great tennis player, but she really played badly yesterday. B: She lost the tournament, but she should have won. A: She should have practiced more. B: Also, she should have done more warm up exercises before the match. And she went to a party the night before and drank too much. A: She shouldn't have had alcohol the day before that important game. B: She should have avoided parties until after the tournament.
6. A: Boy, I'm really cold. It's freezing today. B: You shouldn't have worn that short sleeve shirt. A: I know. I should have put on a warm sweater. B: You shouldn't have walked to school in this weather. You might have caught a cold. A: I should have taken the bus. It's much warmer inside the bus. B: You shouldn't have even thought about wearing sandals. Your toes must feel like ice.
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