EF2 - 8A Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Poll

What should Tracey do?

• She should leave him and find somebody who is closer to her age and shares her interests.

• She should think hard about what kind of man she really wants to be with before making a decision.

• She should stay with him if she loves him. Being with an older man has advantages as well as disadvantages.

Multiple Choice

Now listen to Tracey reading Graham's advice.

Which of the three options does Graham think is right? Why?

• She should leave him and find somebody who is closer to her age and shares her interests.

• She should think hard about what kind of man she really wants to be with before making a decision.

• She should stay with him if she loves him. Being with an older man has advantages as well as disadvantages.

​Modal verbs

​Modal verbs

​Modal Verbs

​ are auxiliary verbs that provide additional and specific meaning to the main verb of the sentence.

They not only appear in questions and negatives, but also in affirmatives.

​She can swim.

She would swim if she could.

She must swim to lose weight.

She may swim tomorrow.

​Should

​ To give advice and make suggestions.

It is also used to tell a situation that is likely in the present.​

• Advice.

​ You look awful! You should go to the hospital.

• Recommendation.

​ You should stop taking medication and go to the doctor.

• ​Predicting the present.

​ There should be a doctor at the hospital.

​Shouldn't

​ We use it as advice to not do something,

usually because it is bad ​or wrong.

• Advice.

We shouldn't throw plastic in the ocean.

• ​Recommendation.

We shouldn't think only of ourselves.

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​Ought to

​ It is used to replace 'should' and give

a more formal meaning.

• Formal advice.

​ You ought to look professional at work.

​Ought not to

​ When in a formal conversation, it is used

to substitute ​'should not'.

• ​Formal advice.

​ You oughtn't to say that to our boss.

​Recommendation/Advice Modals

are used when one wants to recommend or advise another one.

should, shouldn't, ought to, oughtn't to

​Should

​Ought to

You should organize your room.

You oughtn't (to) be this messy!

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You ought to organize your room.

You shouldn't be this messy!

You should have organized your room.

You shouldn't have made such a mess!

You should organize your room.

You shouldn't be this messy!

You should have organized your room.

You shouldn't have made such a mess!

You ought to organize your room.

You oughtn't (to) be this messy!

You ought to have organized your room.

You ought to have organized your room.

You oughtn't (to) have made such a mess!

You oughtn't (to) have made such a mess!

​We use the present perfect tense to make a recommendation in the past.

is mostly used in British English​

The ​negative form of ought is less common, people usually use shouldn't.

'to' can be omitted in the negative form

​ought to is used in a more formal meaning

Multiple Choice

People ___ attend circuses with animals.

• should

• shouldn't

Multiple Choice

We all ___ help clean the environment.

• should

• shouldn't

Multiple Choice

The city ___ improve public transportation.

• haven't

• must to

• ought to

• shouldn't

Multiple Choice

We ___ adopt, not buy.

• should

• shouldn't

Word Order

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Qw + aux/modal + subj + verb + ... ?​

​What must he do to help us?

​Subj + modal + verb + ... .

He must help us clean his mess!​

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​Ought to​ is a little different in questions:

​Ought he to call someone?

-'to' comes after the subject.​

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​ Must, should and ought to ( and their negatives ) are modal verbs. It means that they go where the auxiliary verb is supposed to go and they help the main verb.

​On the other hand, have to is not and a modal verb or an auxiliary so e must put do ( or don't ) in questions and negatives.

​ Qw + do + subj + have to + verb + ... ?

When ​ do we have to go ?

Subj + do ( not ) + have to + verb + ... .

We don't have to go now.

Reorder

• The president

• ought

• to

• be

• responsible.

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Reorder

• You

• should

• not

• drive

• so heavy.

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Poll

What should Annabel and Peter do?

• They should tell their 25-year-old son that he can't go on holiday — he needs to save money.

• They should let him go - everybody needs a holiday.

• They should let him go, but they should ask him to start paying rent.

Multiple Choice

Listen to an expert giving them advice. Is it the advice you chose?

Is it good advice? Why (not)?

• They should tell their 25-year-old son that he can't go on holiday — he needs to save money.

• They should let him go - everybody needs a holiday.

• They should let him go, but they should ask him to start paying rent.

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Categorize

Options (13)

Get angry

Get lost

Get in shape

Get better/worse

Get colder

Get a job

Get a book

Get a ticket

Get home

Get to school

Get to work

Get married

Get ready

Match the verb get with its meaning.

Get = Become + adjective/past participle

Get = Become + comparative

Get = Buy/Obtain

Get = Arrive

Categorize

Options (16)

Get an email/text message

Get a call

Get a refund

Get a job

Get a ticket

Get a loan

Get a compliment

Get a chance

Get along with

Get away with

Get back at

Get by

Get in touch

Get out of

Get over

Get through to

Match the verb get with its meaning.

Get = Receive

Get = Phrasal Verbs