SHOULD / SHOULDN’T
Complete the sentences with should or shouldn’t. Give advice with the expressions from the box. Use
you, he, she, we, they should or shouldn’t.
1 If someone doesn’t speak your language very well,
take medicine / take up swimming / worry about it
you ____________
shouldn't speak fast; you ___________
should
eat so much sweets / do little jobs or go babysitting /ask
speak slowly and carefully. your teacher to explain it again / study harder / watch too
2 If you need a pen, you ____________
shouldn't say ‘Give much television / practise a lot / get up earlier
me that pen’; you ___________
should say ‘Could I borrow
your pen, please?’ We are often late for school.
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We should get up earlier.
3 If people want to live until they’re very old, they My friends laugh at me because I don’t have expensive
should
___________ eat a lot of fruit and vegetables; clothes.
they ___________ eat a lot of cakes and chocolate.
shouldn't _______________________________________
You shouldn't worry about it
My mother has got a terrible headache.
4 In a big city you __________
should be careful with your
_______________________________________
She should take medicine.
money; you ___________ leave your bag on a chair
shouldn't I don’t understand how to give advice in English.
in a restaurant. You should ask your teacher to explain it again.
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5 When you’re driving, you ____________
shouldn't drive for My brother gets very bad marks at school.
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He should study harder.
hours and hours without stopping; you __________
should
We’re going to write a Maths test tomorrow.
stop and walk round every two hours. _______________________________________
We should practise a lot.
6 When people are travelling by plane, they My sister can’t swim and she wants to go to Greece next
shouldn't summer.
__________
shouldn't drink lots of water; they __________
_______________________________________
She should take up swimming.
wear uncomfortable clothes. I always feel tired.
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You shouldn't watch too much television.
My friends love eating and they’re very fat.
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You shouldn't it eat so many sweets.
I want to buy some new clothes but I haven’t got any
money.
You should do odd jobs or go babysitting.
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Make sentences using should or shouldn’t.
people / watch / less TV - ______________________________________
People should watch less TV.
boys and girls / go / to different schools - ______________________________________
Boys and girls shouldn't go to different schools.
Men and women should get the same pay for the
men and women / get / the same pay for the same job -same____________________________
job.
people / be / free to smoke in public places - ____________________________________
People shouldn't be free to smoke in public places.
we / stop / testing medicine on animals - We should stop testing medicine on animals.
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we / destroy / nuclear weapons - We should destroy nuclear weapons.
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