Should Exercises

UNIT 32 Should Exercises

32.1   You are giving advice to a friend. Use should or shouldn't.

Example: Your friend is always coughing because he smokes too much. Advise him to stop smoking
You should stop smoking.

1.   Your friend has a bad toothache. Advise her to go to the dentist. You____________________________________________________

2.   Your friend rides his bicycle at night without lights. You think this is dangerous. Adyise him not to do it.  _____________________________________________________________________

3.   Your friend is going to visit Greece, Advise her to learn a few words of Greek before she goes. _______________________________________________________________________________


32.2   This time give your opinion about something. Use I think /I don't think . . . .

Example: Tom has just been offered a job. You think it would be a good idea for him to accept it.
I think Tom should accept the job.
1.   You think it would be a good idea for all drivers to wear seat belts.
I think _____________________________________________________________________

2.   You don't think it would be a good idea for Jill and Sam to get married.
______________________________________________________________________________

3.   Your friend has a bad cold. Tell him that you think it would be a good idea for him to stay home tonight.    ______________________________________________________________________________                    


32.3   Read the situations and write sentences with should (have) and shouldn't (have). Sometimes you have to use the present, sometimes the past.

Examples: The speed limit is 55 miles an hour, but Tom is doing 70 
He shouldn't be driving so fast.
When we got to the restaurant there were no empty tables. We hadn't reserved one.
we should have reserved a table

1.   It's very cold. Mrs. Taylor, who has been sick lately, is standing at the bus stop without a coat. She ___________________________________________________________

2.   We went for a walk. While we were walking we got hungry, but we hadn't brought anything with us to eat. We said: We __________________________________________________________

3.   I went to Paris. Marcel lives in Paris, but I didn't go to see him while I was there. When I saw him later, he said: You ___________________________________________________________

4.   The notice says that the store opens every day at 8:30. It is now 9:00, but the store isn't open.
__________________________________________________________________

5.   The driver in front of me stopped suddenly without warning, and I drove into the back of her car. It wasn't my fault. _________________________________________________________________________

6.   The children normally go to bed at 9:00. It is now 9:30. They are not in bed they are watching television. (two sentences)_________________________________________________________________________

7.   The accident happened because Tom was driving on the wrong side of the road.
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