158 UNIT 13
GRAMMAR
should / shouldn’t
1
Books closed. Write these incomplete sentences from the
recording on the board:
1 I think you
go to hospital.
2 You
walk on that leg.
Ask the students to complete them (1
should
, 2
shouldn’t
). If necessary, play the first conversation from
the recording again. Ask the students: ‘Which words
do we use to give advice?’ ‘Which one do we use to say
something is a good idea? And a bad idea?’ ‘Which word
follows
should
and
shouldn’t
?’ Books open. Ask the
students to do the exercise.
Answers
1 advice 2 good 3 bad 4 always
2
Books closed. First, ask the students to guess how we
make questions with
should
. Books open. They match
the questions to the answers.
Answers
The answers are recorded for students to check and then
repeat.
1 Should I stop doing sport?
c Yes, you should.
2 Should
I take some medicine? a No, you shouldn’t.
3 When should I drink it?
b Every evening before
bed.
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3
Point out that the students should match the problem to
the advice (a–h) before they complete the advice. With a
stronger class, ask the students to cover the advice and
then read the problem and try to guess the advice.
MIXED ABILITY
Write the problems (1–8) and complete advice with
should
or
shouldn’t
(a–h) onto large strips of paper (16
strips in total). Put them on the board and as a class
ask the students to separate them into two columns:
problems and advice. Next, as a class, ask them to match
each problem to some advice by moving the strips of
card. Then, ask stronger students to do the exercise in
their books without looking at the board. Allow weaker
students to check their ideas with the strips on the board
while they do the exercise.
Answers
1 c You shouldn’t play tennis.
2 e You should wear more comfortable shoes.
3 b You should take some medicine and go to bed.
4 g You shouldn’t eat anything.
5 h You should stop watching TV.
6 f You should go to hospital.
7 a You should go to bed earlier.
8 d You shouldn’t go to school.
4
Point out that there is one mistake with how the advice
is given in each sentence. Remind students that the verb
after
should(n’t)
is always the infinitive without
to
.
