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Should and Shouldn't

The document provides examples of using the phrases "should" and "shouldn't" to express recommended or advised actions. It gives scenarios of using these phrases, followed by prompts for the reader to complete sentences suggesting what someone "should" or "shouldn't" do in different situations using an infinitive verb without "to."

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Should and Shouldn't

The document provides examples of using the phrases "should" and "shouldn't" to express recommended or advised actions. It gives scenarios of using these phrases, followed by prompts for the reader to complete sentences suggesting what someone "should" or "shouldn't" do in different situations using an infinitive verb without "to."

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What’s Garfield thinking?

“I really shouldn’t eat


that fish…”

We use should /
shouldn’t to express
something we think
would be a good idea.
Should / shouldn’t are
Examples: always followed by
I think you should go to bed now. You look tired. infinitive without to.
Maybe you shouldn’t go to work by bus. Going by car would be faster.
Should I wear this sweatshirt? It seems to be kind of windy today.

Complete tell what you think would be a good idea using should / shouldn’t:

1) Your friend Lucy has a test tomorrow.


She should study for the test.
2) Your brother has a sore throat.
He …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3) You are very tired.
I ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4) Your father wants to buy a new car but he doesn’t have enough money.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5) Your phone bill is getting higher every month.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6) Your neighbor Susan stays out until 1 a.m. every night and she has to wake up early.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Look at the picture and tell what would be a good idea in this situation using
should and shouldn’t:

The student shouldn’t ………………………………………………………

Now write about the teacher using should:

The teacher should …………………………………………………………

I’m going to have an important date: my boyfriend is going over for dinner and I think he’ll propose me
tonight. Fill in the gaps to give me suggestions:

“You ……………..……… wear ……………………… because it’s going to be a cold night, I think. And
maybe you ……..…………….… cook ………………… and ……………………… I think you
………………………………………. be late because it wouldn’t be very polite. You
…………………………………… buy a bottle of wine to drink with the meat and
………………………………… bake a pie for dessert. You ……………………. eat so much because you’re
on a diet, remember? You ……………………………… be too much anxious, try to calm down. And you
……………………………………. call me to tell everything, I’ll be waiting for the good news.”

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