Elementary GW 11b

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Life

Elementary Unit 11b


should/shouldn't

Hi, I'm at the shop.


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 You should take exercise. That’s true.
3 You should eat healthy food. That's true.
4 You should drink a lot of coffee. That's not true. You shouldn't drink a lot of coffee.
5 You should work twelve hours a day. That's not true. You shouldn´t work twelve hours a day.
6 You shouldn’t go on holiday. That´s not true. You should go on holiday.

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Elementary Unit 11b
Exercises

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

www.shopnet .com

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

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


2 Those trousers are awful. You should buy them.
3 These shoes are great. You should buy them.
4 That shirt is horrible. You should buy it.
5 This dress is beautiful. You should buy it.
6 Those ties are ugly. You should buy them.

3 Complete the conversation with should or shouldn’t. Then listen and check.
Joe: You work too hard. You 1 should work less.
Mark: Yes, but …
Joe: You 2 should go on holiday.
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 take
more exercise.
Mark: Yes, but …
Joe: And doughnuts! You 6 should 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. I think you should buy those shoes.
2 They don’t should pay that much money! They shouldn't pay that much moeny!
3 Rita shoulds ask me first. Rita should ask me first.
4 Do we should leave now or later? Should we leave now or later?
5 Gerald should to do more exercise. Gerald should do more exercise.
6 What shoulds he do about the problem? What should he do about the problem?

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