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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Should, had better, ought to====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="224" id="592" style="width: 90px; height: 122px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/592_3805ecb71e68aa9dd84f00bb7f985417.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> try this - it's delicious!</strong></span><br> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Should</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(42, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>is a modal auxiliary verb which has different uses.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>affirmative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'should' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> go.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>negative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'should' + 'not' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shouldn't</span> go.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>interrogative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> 's</span>hould'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span>+ subject + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Should </span>I go?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>like other modal auxiliaries, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>should</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> has no infinitive and we use the same form </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>with 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we' and 'they'.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>'Do' is not used to form negative or interrogative sentences.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><br></span></b></p></html> =====Uses===== <html><p> </p><table class="Listeclaire-Accent11" style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Use</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Giving and asking for advice <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> go to the doctor's - you've been coughing for a week.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shouldn't</span> work at weekends - you need a break.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Should</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> I phone or email him?</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about the best or right thing to do (in one's opinion)</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'> </span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Banks <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should </span>tell customers in advance about charges.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> discuss this with the client before making a decision.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Should</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> we have the meeting in the boardroom or your office? </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Deduction<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>That <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> be the postman at the door; he's usually here about this time.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Expectation<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"> </span>-<span style="color: red;"> </span>this is similar to 'will' for predictions but less certain<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> do well in her new job; she has all the right experience.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> shouldn't </span>rain this afternoon so I won't take an umbrella.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The past tense of 'shall'<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[See also <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">reported speech</span>.]</span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She wondered if she <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should </span>phone him or send an email.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>As an alternative to 'would' when </b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>(i) giving an opinion </b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>(ii) in </b><font color="#7030a0"><b>s</b></font><font color="#7030a0"><b>econd conditional </b><b><font color="#000000">sentences</font></b></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>As an extra word in </b><font color="#7030a0"><b>first conditional </b><b><font color="#000000">sentences or as an alternative to 'if' when these are inverted</font></b><font color="#000000"></font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> think that's a good restaurant - let's come back later.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>If I won the lottery, I </b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><b>should</b></span><b> give up work and travel round the world.</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>If I (</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><b>should</b><font color="#000000"><b>) see him, </b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><b>I'll give him your message.</b></span></font></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><font color="rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br></b></font></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><font color="rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><b>Should </b><b><font color="#000000">I see him, I'll give him your message.</font></b></span></font></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></html> ========== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>These are all used in the same way but with different levels of certainty. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For example, someone hears a knock on the door at the time that the postman usually arrives and says:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>That <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> be the postman. [It's probably the postman but it could be someone else.] <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>That <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">must</span> be the postman. [I'm certain it's the postman but there's a possibility that it isn't.] </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>That'll be the postman. [I have no doubt at all that it's the postman.]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p></html> =====Had better===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Had better' can also be used to talk about the best or right thing to do and is a little stronger than <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It's late now - I think we'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d better</span> postpone the meeting until tomorrow.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>affirmative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'had better' + </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>bare infinitive</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>We'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d better </span>go.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>negative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'had better' + 'not' </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>bare infinitive</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>We'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d better </span>not go.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>interrogative: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>had' + subject 'better' + </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>bare infinitive</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Had</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">better</span> go?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Note that</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 63.8pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use it to speak about specific rather than general situations.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 3cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You have an exam tomorrow so you'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">better</span>/should go to bed early tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 3cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>When you are taking an exam, you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> go to bed early the night before.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 63.8pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><br></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 63.8pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Had better' is preferred for a warning or when there is some urgency.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 63.8pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I'm going home now." </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"You'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d better </span>not. There's a lot more work to do!"</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 3cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Oh, no! It's starting to rain. We'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d better </span>run!</span></b> </p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 63.8pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In the interrogative, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> is much more common.</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 63.8pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p></html> =====Ought to===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><strong><font face="arial"><font color="#000099">Ought to</font> <font color="#000000">has the same function as a modal auxiliary verb and has different uses.</font></font></strong></p><p><font color="#000099" face="Arial"><strong><br></strong></font></p><p><font color="#000099" face="Arial"><strong>Construction</strong></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong><font face="arial">affirmative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'ought to' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></font></strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font face="arial"> </font></span><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ought</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">to</span> go.<span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm 4.0cm;"><strong><font face="arial"><br></font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm 4.0cm;"><strong><font face="arial">negative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'ought' + 'not' + 'to' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></font></strong><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">oughtn't to</span> go. <span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm 4.0cm;"><strong><font face="arial">interrogative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1. 'did' + subject + 'ought to' + bare infinitive </font></strong><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Did you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ought to</span> go? </font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 3.0cm 4.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">'ought' + subject + 'to' + <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></span></font></strong></span><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Ought</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> </span> you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">to</span> go? [More formal]<span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong><font face="arial"> </font></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><strong><font face="arial"><font color="#000099"><br></font></font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><strong><font face="arial"><font color="#000099">Note that</font> we use the same form with 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we' and 'they'.</font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><font face="arial"><br></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle;"><font face="arial"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Ought to</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'> </span>has the same meaning as <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">should</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span>for advice and talking about expectations or the right thing to do. <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 36.0pt center 225.65pt;"><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><font face="arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Notes</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> </span></font></strong><font face="arial"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="arial"> </font></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Ought to</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> </span>is more common in conversation than in writing but, generally, is used less than <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">should</span>.</font></strong><font face="arial"> </font></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB"><strong><font face="arial"> </font></strong></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Should</span> is preferred when we talk about what an outside authority believes is the right <span lang="EN-GB">thing:</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></strong></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB"></span></strong><font face="arial"> </font><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The instructions say that Part A should be connected to Part B.</strong> </font><font face="arial"> </font></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB"><strong><font face="arial"> </font></strong></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><strong><font face="arial"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span>In the interrogative, <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">should</span> is much more common. With <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ought to</span>, we are more likely to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>add the verb 'to think'.</font></strong></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><strong></strong><font face="arial"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 3cm; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 310.45pt;"><font face="arial"><strong>Do you think we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ought to</span> tell him? </strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><strong> <img height="22" id="39" style="width: 14px; height: 13px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"> </strong></span></font><font face="arial"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Ought</span> we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">to</span> tell him? </strong><span lang="FR" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_13" style="width: 12.75pt; height: 9.75pt; visibility: visible; mso-wrap-style: square;" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" href="http://www.clker.com/clipart-23530.html" o:button="t" alt="Description: Tick Clip Art" type="#_x0000_t75"><strong> </strong></v:shape></span></font></p><p><strong><font face="arial"> </font><font face="arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4. The negative forms are also rarely used. <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Should</span> is preferred. </font></strong></p><p><font face="arial"><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5. <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Ought to</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> </span>can also be followed by the <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">present continuous</span>. </strong></font></p><p><font face="arial"><strong> He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ought to</span> be wearing protective clothing.</strong></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal;"><br></p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="132" id="1512" style="width: 109px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1512_e992fe752b2d0e488fd29696070ec533.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>How <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> I prepare the corn? </span></b></p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> <p><img height="198" id="120" style="width: 93px; height: 128px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/120_bfc8654ecd6da1a54bac6b9f7cea2a72.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>The government <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should </span>reduce spending.</strong></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span> <p><img height="180" id="159" style="width: 93px; height: 122px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Should</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> I open it now or wait until my birthday?</span></b></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="112" id="503" style="width: 100px; height: 82px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/503_c2b4060a9e378596969e29022f4d1f57.png"></strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>My bus leaves at six so I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> be there by seven.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="101" id="450" style="width: 110px; height: 85px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/450_c8483b00ccc774f09d82c2ec0f7dc247.jpg"></strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>The final contract <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should </span>be ready for you to sign in two days.</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1579_f5f54e3f0093438e9b74c8f209e97e56.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="1024" height="1023" id="1579" style="width: 108px; height: 96px;" alt="N2P2E1_5 hombre homme man phone cell mobile téléphone teléfono airport telephone" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1579_f5f54e3f0093438e9b74c8f209e97e56.jpg"></a><strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>He asked me if we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should</span> meet at the station or the airport. </span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong><img height="194" id="341" style="width: 103px; height: 141px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/341_1f59a442acb5d357552278a3cd0e9c4b.png"></strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We're running out of food - you'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d better </span>go and get some more.</strong></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span><strong> </strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img height="224" id="1439" style="width: 96px; height: 136px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1439_6b252d2f73e582b47ab8b5119441c7fc.jpg"></strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Where are my keys? They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ought to</span> be in my bag but I can't find them.</strong> </span></span></span></span><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></p> <p><img height="120" id="522" style="width: 113px; height: 82px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/522_6100fcd093c795916b77d46957074480.png"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ought to</span> look for another job - you'll never get promoted here. </strong></span><br> </p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]