Read the situations and give advice with the modal in brackets:

a) Alfred hates going shopping for clothes, but his fiancée loves it. He ________________________________________________ (should)b) Lucy loves going shopping, but she knows Alfred hates it. She ______________________________________________ (shouldn’t)c) Alfred has lost contact with his friends from university. He _______ _______________________________________________ (ought to)d) Lucy has many friends. She ______________________________ (had better)e) Alfred is quite bored lately. He ____________________________ (should)f) Lucy is very interested in fashion. She ______________________ (ought to)g) Lucy spends too much money on clothes. She _______________ (had better)h) Alfred thinks his clothes are too formal. Lucy chooses them. He _____________________________________________ (oughtn’t to)

Give advice to Jean. Here you have some ideas that might help:

drink coffee, smoke, relax, take up a new hobby, study more, see a doctor, buy a new car, phone your friends, work less, eat healthy food

a) I can’t sleep well lately. ___________________________________b) I feel quite nervous lately. _________________________________c) I feel lonely. ____________________________________________d) My car is very old and it’s become quite dangerous. _____________ ________________________________________________________e) I usually have terrible headaches ____________________________f) I smoke a packet of cigarettes a day. _________________________g) I get bored easily lately. ___________________________________h) I’m a workaholic. ________________________________________i) My grades are quite bad this term. ___________________________j) I feel quite tired these days. ________________________________

John shouldn’t smoke so much.John shouldn’t smoke so much.

We use SHOULD(n’t) to make recommendations and give advice.

We use SHOULD(n’t) to make recommendations and give advice.

Jack ought to study harder if he really wants to pass his exams.

Jack ought to study harder if he really wants to pass his exams.

I’d better go now. It’s getting dark.I’d better go now. It’s getting dark.

We use HAD BETTER (not) + infinitive to give advice or to express an intention.

We use HAD BETTER (not) + infinitive to give advice or to express an intention.

We use OUGHT (not) TO to make recommendations and give

advice. It can be used in the same position as SHOULD.

We use OUGHT (not) TO to make recommendations and give

advice. It can be used in the same position as SHOULD.

KEYPOSSIBLE ANSWERS:

a) He should tell her he doesn’t like going shopping for clothes.

b) She shouldn’t ask him to go shopping with her.

c) He ought to call some of his old friends.

d) She had better ask her friends to go shopping with her.

e) He should take up a new hobby.

f) She ought to apply for a job in a clothes shop/ work in a clothes shop/ study clothes design.

g) She’d better save some money for a rainy day.

h) He oughtn’t to let Lucy choose his clothes.

a) You ought to drink a glass of hot milk before going to bed/ you should relax.

b) You shouldn’t drink so much coffee.

c) You should call your friends.

d) You had better buy a new car.

e) You should see a doctor.

f) You shouldn’t smoke so much / You should give up smoking.

g) You’d better take up a new hobby.

h) You ought to work less.

i) You’d better study harder.

j) You should eat healthy food.