WHAT SHOULD I DO?

GIVING ADVICE & AN OPINION OR RECOMMENDATION

Muhammad Shomdani, S.Pd.

English Cross Interest

Class x ips & mipa

 Listen And Repeat These Sentences.
Pay Attention To Their Intonation.
• The government should do something about the economy.
• You should go and see for yourself.
• You shouldn’t smoke so much.
• I don’t think you should work so hard.
• Do you think I should apply for this job?
• Yes, I think you should obey your parents.
• Those children shouldn’t be playing online games at this hour. They should be at school.
• I feel sick. I shouldn’t have eaten so much spicy food at the party.
• What should I have done to win the match.
 THE DIFFERENCE OF PATTERNS

Should + verb 1 Should +be+ …ing Should + have + verb 3

 The government should do  Those children shouldn’t be  What should I have done to
something about the playing online games at this win the match.
economy. hour. They should be at  I feel sick. I shouldn’t have
 You should go and see for school.
eaten so much spicy food at
yourself. the party.
 You shouldn’t smoke so
much.
 I don’t think you should
work so hard.
• When you say that “you should be doing something”, you mean that
it is the best thing to do or what somebody is expected to do at this
moment.
e.g. :
I really should be studying for my exam tomorrow.
(I’m not doing it yet, but I think it is good idea to do it right now.)

Do you know?
PATTERN :

Affirmative Subject Should Be Verb –ing

Negative Subject Should not / shouldn’t Be Verb –ing

Interrogative Should Subject be Verb –ing

“Should” is a modal verb. We often use “should” when we say
what we think is a good thing to do.
E.g.
1. The government should do something about the economy.
2. Should we invite Susan to the party? Yes, I think we should.

Do you know?
“shouldn’t” means that it is not a good thing to do.
E.g.
1. you have been coughing a lot lately. You shouldn’t smoke so
much.
2. Tom really shouldn’t go out. He has too much homework to
do.

Do you know?
“should” is not as strong as MUST.
E.g.
@ You should stop smoking (=It would be a good idea to stop
smoking.)
@ You must stop smoking (=It is necessary that you stop
smoking.)

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In giving advice, “should” and “had better” are commonly used

E.g.
@ I think you should take more exercise.
@ I think you had better do more exercise.

Do you know?
PATTERN:
Affirmative Subject Should Veb1

Negative Subject Should not / Veb1

shouldn’t

Interrogative Should Subject Veb1

When we use “should have done,” it means that:
@ it was the right thing to do but we didn’t do it.
@ we expected something to happen, but it didn’t.
E.g.
- Henry should have finished his work two days ago. (but
he didn’t)
- He made an impolite statement. As a student, he shouldn’t
have said such a thing. (but he did)

Do you know?
PATTERN:
Affrimative Subject Should have Verb 3

Negative Subject Should not / Have Verb 3

shouldn’t

Interrogative Should Subject Have Verb 3

 TASK OR HOMEWORK
• Buka buku paket Pathway to English kelas X.
• Kerjakan point 3 dan 4 di halaman 19. (tulis
lalu terjemahkan dan diakhiri dengan jawaban
dari pertanyaan yang ada.)
• Kerjakan point 6 di halaman 20. (tulis lalu
terjemahkan dan diakhiri dengan jawaban dari
pertanyaan yang ada.)
• Kerjakan point 7 dan 8 di halaman 21 (tulis lalu
terjemahkan dan diakhiri dengan jawaban dari
pertanyaan yang ada.)
• Kerjakan point 9 di halaman 22-23. (tulis teks
percakapannya, lalu berikan artinya dalam
Bahasa Indonesia, lalu sertakan jawabannya
yaitu pada bagian “Answer the questions.”
• Kerjakan point 10 di halaman 24. (tulis teks
percakapannya, lalu berikan artinya dalam
Bahasa Indonesia, lalu sertakan jawabannya
yaitu pada bagian “Answer the questions.”
• Semua ditulis di buku catatan masing-masing.
• Jagan pernah menyerah!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH…