Unit 11 - 11b - Should - Shouldn't

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Life

Level 2 Unit 11b


should/shouldn't

Hi, I'm at the store.


Should I buy You should buy
the black or the black one!
the green dress?

Presentation
Use should for strong advice. Should is a modal verb. This means:
• No third–person s
Affirmative and negative
Say He should do it. (Don’t say He shoulds do it.)
should
I / You / He / She / It / We / They buy that dress.
• No auxiliary do
shouldn’t Say You shouldn’t do it.
(Don’t say You don’t should do it.)
Yes/No questions Wh- questions • No past tense
Should I buy that dress? What should I do? (Don’t say You shoulded do it.)
• No to before the verb
Short answers
Say You should do it. (Don’t say You should to do it.)
Yes, you should. No, you shouldn’t.

Key vocabulary Adjectives: awful, beautiful, great, horrible, terrible, terrific, ugly

Exercises
1 Comment on the advice. Use That’s true / not true and shouldn’t.
1 You should smoke. That’s not true. You shouldn’t smoke.
2 That’s true.
3 You should eat healthy food. That’s true.
That’s not true. You shouldn’t drink a lot of coffee.
4 You should drink a lot of coffee.
That’s not true. You shouldn’t work twelve hours a day.
5 You should work twelve hours a day.
6 You shouldn’t go on vacation. That’s not true. You should go on vacation.

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Level 2 Unit 11b
Exercises

2 Give advice. Use should / shouldn’t buy and it or them.

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buy it buy it buy it buy it buy it buy it

1 That jacket’s terrific. You should buy it.


2 Those pants are awful. You shouldn’t buy them.
3 These shoes are great. You should buy them.
4 That shirt is horrible. You shouldn’t buy it.
5 This dress is beautiful. You shouldn’t buy it.
6 Those ties are ugly. You shouldn’t buy them.

3 Complete the conversation with should or shouldn’t.


Joe: You work too hard. You 1 should work less.
Mark: Yes, but …
Joe: You 2 should go on vacation.
Mark: Yes, but …
Joe: And you 3 shouldn't drink all that coffee.
Mark: Yes, but …
Joe: And you smoke? You 4 should stop now.
Mark: Yes, but …
Joe: And you look terrible! You 5 should do
more exercise.
Mark: Yes, but …
should
Joe: And doughnuts! You 6 eat
healthier food.
Mark: Yes, but …
Joe: Yes, but what?
Mark: Oh, nothing.
4 Correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 I think you should to buy those shoes. 1. I think you should buy those shoes.
2 They don’t should pay that much money! 2. They shouldn’t pay that much money!
3 Rita shoulds ask me first. 3. Rita should ask me first.
4. Should we leave now or later?
4 Do we should leave now or later?
5. Gerald should do more exercise.
5 Gerald should to do more exercise. 6. What should he do about the problem?
6 What shoulds he do about the problem?

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