Lesson

Lesson

by dodi riswandi

​SHOULD

​1. You can use " Should " to give advice

​ex : You should buy the green one

​ You should not to go to bed so late.

2. You can use " should " to give your opinion

​ex: Everyone should see that film. It's amazing

​ the government should raise taxes on the rich

​3. You can also use " Should " often in the past to criticize someone else.

​ex: You shouldn't have said that

​ You should have studied harder for his exam

​OUGHT TO

in meaning "ought to" is exactly the same meaning as "should". if you can use "should" in a sentence you can also use "ought to".

​ex: You ought to buy the gr​een one.

​ Everyone ought to see that film.

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​SHOULD vs OUGHT TO (have the same meaning)

​The differences in use Ought to

​1. Ought to is more formal

​old-fashioned and less common in modern spoken English. that means you probably won't use ought to unless you are writing or you want to sound very formal.

​2. Ought to has a slightly different form

​ex: You ought not to have said that (negative sentence). it sounds very formal.

with "ought to" you can technically make questions but it sounds RIDICULOUSLY formal.

ex: "what time ought I to get there?"

​HAD BETTER

​had better expresses a warning or threat

​ex: "you should finish everything today (advice)"

​ "you had better finish everything today (if you don't do what I say, something bad will happen)"

​ "He'd better apologize or I'll never talk to him again"

​ " you'd better be on time or you you could lose your job