SHOULD & SHOULDN’T

1. We use should and shouldn't to give advice or to talk about what we think is right or wrong.
2. You should means something like I think it is a good idea for you to do it.
3. You shouldn't means something like I think it is a bad idea for you to do it.
4. Should is used to express the opinion of a speaker and often follows I think or I don't think.
 Tom doesn’t study enough. He should study harder.
 It is a good film. You should go and see it.
 When you play tennis, you should always watch the ball.
 Tom shouldn’t go to bed so late.
 You watch TV all day. You shouldn’t watch TV so much.
should + infinitive
I/we/you/they/he/she/it + should/shouldn’t + do/stop/go/watch/…

IMPERATIVES
When you are telling someone to do something, you use the base form of a verb, like give, read or come.
When you use the base form like this, to give an order, you call the base form the imperative.
 Open your book at page 25.
 Stop and look before you cross the road.
 Show me your homework.
 Read the first sentence out loud.
A verb in the imperative does not have a subject. It usually comes at the beginning of the sentence, but you
can sometimes put a word like always or never before it.
 Always tell your parents where you are going.
 Never forget to turn out the lights.
Imperatives are a very direct way of telling someone to do something. You can make an imperative sound
politer by using please before it.
 Please show me your homework.
 Please write your full name at the top of the test.
You form negative imperatives, telling somebody no to do something, by using do not or don’t before the
base form of the verb.
 Don’t talk with your mouth full.
 Please do not change anything on my computer.