Revision for the English exam

Revision for the English exam

August 2021 - EN SOJ 9b

​abilities that will be tested

​reading comprehension (text that has to do with unit 2) 

• key notes/full sentences 

writing:

• ​statistics

 

grammar: 

• Give advice: should, ought to, be allowed to,… 

• had better vs be supposed to 

Poll

How prepared are you for the test?

• Uff, not too much (yet!).

• I have already started to revise, but I need some repetition.

• I am ok, I guess.

• I am soo ready for this - let's do it!

Poll

What would you like to revise for the exam?

• vocabulary

• grammar

• statistics

• I am fine, thanks.

• What exam!?

​Giving advice

In the exam you need to know how to give an advice. 

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​What is an advice?

It is an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation:

Steven gave me some good advice.

Multiple Choice

In the exam you need to know how to give an advice. 

• It is when somebody tells you what you must do.

• A recommedation of what you sould do.

• A plan that you make for your own future.

• Something that you will only get from somebody else.

​Watch the video below

​​​1. Do "should" and "ought to" have the same meaning?​

​2. What does "supposed to" refer to?

​​3. Where is the difference between "supposed to" and "should"?

​​4. When do you use "had better"?

Multiple Choice

​1. "Ought to" is formal and old-fashioned, but does it have the same meaning as "should"?

• no, they are different!

• "Should" is stronger than "ought to"

• "Ought to" is stronger than "should"

• Yes, when you can one, you can also use the other.

Multiple Choice

​2. What does "supposed to" refer to? (Example: I am supposed to eat an apple a day.")

• It means that you think this is right.

• It means that nobody thinks this is correct.

• It means that others think this is right.

• It means that everyone thinks it is right.

Multiple Choice

​3. Where is the difference between "supposed to" and "should"?

• "Should" means that it is not a good idea.

• "Should" means that noone thinks this is right. 

• "Should" means that this is a plan that you will fulfill.

• "Should" means that YOU think it is right.

Multiple Select

​4. When do you use "had better"?

• To propose a good idea

• When otherwise something bad will happen.

• When you prefer something

• As a threat or warning.

Multiple Choice

Opinions and advice are sometimes similar. What modal verb can you use to critizise somebody (especially in the past)?

• shoud

• had better

• ought to

• be supposed to

Multiple Choice

Let's see if you remember the missing modal: What can you say, when you have several options and suggest/recommend one of them?

• could

• should rather

• would maybe

• whether

​Let's practise

​In the next exercises, you will have to fill in gaps or pick the right solution(s).

Multiple Select

Finish the sentence:

I need help, doctor. My baby doesn't sleep well. What ________________

• had I better do?

• am I supposed to do?

• should I do?

• I should do?

Open Ended

What advice will you give somebody who is searching for love?

Use a modal verb: should, ought to, be supposed to, would rather, had better

Open Ended

What advice will you give somebody who stranded on an island?

Use a modal verb: should, ought to, be supposed to, would rather, had better

​Summary

• We use the verbs 'should', 'ought to', 'supposed to', 'had better' and 'would rather' to say what you or other people think is the right thing to do. That means these verbs express advice, opinion, criticism or (for 'had better'), warnings or threats.

• 'Should' and 'ought to' have the same meaning, although 'ought to' is much more formal and is not commonly used in spoken English.

• 'Supposed to' refers to what other people think is right, while 'should' expresses what you think is right.

• 'Had better' expresses the idea that something bad will happen if you don’t do what I say. This is why 'had better' can also be used to make threats or give someone a warning.

• ​'Would rather" means that you have the chance to pick between two options and you shoul which one you refer.