LENGUA INGLESA II

1º Grado Estudios Ingleses 2010-2011

Lecturer: Dr. Mar Vilar
[Group A]

GRAMMAR FOLLOW-UP TASKS

WEEK 5

ADVICE AND SUGGESTION STRUCTURES

Task 1: Please investigate on rules related to Advice and Suggestion

Structures in order to properly answer the activity below:

Circle the option R or W to indicate which Form is right or wrong. If

wrong, do write the correct sentence.

Forms Advice and Suggestion Structures

Should EXAMPLE: R/ W
You should criticize not other people’s defects.

Correct sentence: You shouldn’t criticize other people’s defects.

You should have not criticized other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

Ought to You ought to not criticize other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

You ought not to have criticized other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

If I were If I were you, I try not to criticize other people’s defects. R/W
you…

Correct sentence:

My advice to My advice to you is not criticizing other people’s defects. R/W

you is…
Correct sentence:

Had better You had better not to criticize other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

You’ve better not criticized other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

Suggest I suggest not to criticize other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

Facultad de Letras
Departamento de Filología Inglesa 1
Campus Universitario de La Merced. C/. Santo Cristo 1 - 30001 Murcia
T. 868 883 191 – F. 868 883 185 – www.um.es/dp-filologia-inglesa
 LENGUA INGLESA II
1º Grado Estudios Ingleses 2010-2011
Lecturer: Dr. Mar Vilar
[Group A]

I suggest you should not criticize other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

I suggest that you didn’t criticize other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

Recommend I recommend you not criticizing other people’s defects. R/W

Correct sentence:

Task 2: Which sentences are right and which ones are wrong? Please mark
the wrong cases below with an asterisk (*).

* RELATIVE SENTENCES
It’s time to try something else.
It’s time he tries something else.
It’s time he tried something else.
It’s high time to try something else.
It’s time he had tried something else.
It’s high time he tried something else.
It’s time for him to try something else.
It’s high time for him to try something else.
It’s about time that you tried something else.
It’s time for him to have tried something else.

Task 3: Do explain what’s the main difference between the expressions below:

 You should start working. AND You should have started working.

 It’s time you started working. AND It’s time to start working.

 It’s time you started working. AND It’s high time you started working.

 It’s time you started working. AND It’s about time you started working.

 It’s about time you started working. AND It’s about time to start working.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you have conveniently filled in this Work-sheet,

please do bring it to Thursday’s class (March 10).

Facultad de Letras
Departamento de Filología Inglesa 2
Campus Universitario de La Merced. C/. Santo Cristo 1 - 30001 Murcia
T. 868 883 191 – F. 868 883 185 – www.um.es/dp-filologia-inglesa