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ADVICE

I Give advice :
You should / shouldnt + verb
Why don't you + verb ?

You had better ( not ) + verb

// Why doesn't she + verb ?

If I were you , I would + verb // I wouldn't + verb


You ought to + verb

//

you ought not to + verb

1) I am tired of going to school


2) Helen is getting fat
3) I feel very lonely ( seul)
4) I'd like to be better at tennis
HELP : eat less sweets and fat food - go on a diet - practise more sports - swim - run - jog
take tennis lessons - train more - do more physical exercises - look for a part- time job after school
make friends - go out more often - leave school - talk with your teachers -

II Complete with the right auxiliary : would - should - shouldn't - don't - doesn't - had
1) Why __________ you revise your lessons ?
2) She ____________ better not smoke so much or she might catch cancer
3) He ______________do his homework regularly otherwise he may fail his exam
4) What do you think they ____________do to improve their English ?
5) If I were you , I ________keep quiet in class
6) Why ____________ Bob eat more vegetables ?
7) If I were her , I ______________drink so much beer
8) They _________ better be more careful and slow down in that street
III React to these sentences by using

Should or Shouldn't and then rewrite the sentences

Ex: There is too much traffic in big cities ( so much) === There shouldn't be so much traffic in big cities
People don't drive slowly === People should drive slowly
1) There are too many cars and lorries in big cities ( fewer ) === There ( so many )
2) Smoking is very bad for the health ( smoke so much ) === People
3) People don't care about the environment ( protect ) === People
4) Parents buy their children too many presents for Christmas ( buy so many ) === Parents
5) There are too many straying dogs in Paris ( keep dogs on a lead) === People

IV Transform the sentences by using the structures between brackets


ex: You should revise better ( why don't ...) ===

Why don't you revise better ?

1) If I were Mary , I wouldn't drink so much alcohol ( shouldn't )


2) You should go to the chemist's

( had better)

3) I advise you to take a holiday as soon as possible ( if I ......)


4) If I were you , I would rest more ( had better)
5) You should do more exercises ( Why don't ....)
6) They had better go on a slimming diet ( should)
7) He shouldn't eat so many sweets ( conditional = If I ....)

V Turn these sentences into your native language


1) You should eat a lot of fruit

. If I were you , I 'd eat more vegetables

2) She had better not lose her self- control and worry so much
3) Why don't you try to find a part -time job ?
4) They had better learn their lessons and do their homework instead of going out every night
5) If I were her ? I'd stay at home more often and rest more .
6) Kevin should drive more carefully and respect the speed limit .

VI Match the sentences


1______ 2 ______ 3 _______ 4 _________ 5 _______ 6 _______ 7 ______
1) John's TV is out of order
2) Jenny has got a toothache
3) They are very tired
4) Kevin is ill
5) Bob is too fat
6) I have got a sore throat
7) They have bad school results

a) They had better do their homework


b) He should call the doctor
c) You shouldn't speak so much
d) She should go to the dentist's
e) if I were him , I would buy a new TV
f) Why doesn't he practise more sports ?
g) They had better go to bed early and relax more

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