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