I have a problem.

She looks…

A: What’s the
matter with her?

B: I think she has...

(emotion).
She looks worried,
she has broken up
with her boyfriend.

B: I think she
ought to ...(advice).
A: Yes. She’d
better ...(advice).
She looks worried,
she has broken up
with her boyfriend.

B: I think she
ought to hang out
with friends.
A: Yes. She’d
better stop call
him.
 Should (Advice)

01 02
Ought to Had better
(used to say or suggest (used to say or suggest
what should be done) what should be done but
with a warning about bad
consequences)
She looks upset. What’s
the matter with her?
B: I think she has broken
up with her boyfriend.
 Advice
✓ She ought to stop call him and
hang out with her friends.

✓ She had better stop call him

because his new girlfriend will
fight with her. (bad consequences)
Had better
=
‘d better
 Problem: Broke up with boyfriend.
A: What’s the matter with her? She looks…
B: I think she has broken up with her boyfriend.

A: I think she ought to ...(advice)

B: Yes. She’d better ... (advice/bad consequences)

 Problem: the girl is sick.
A: What’s the matter with them? They look…
B: I think...
A: I think they ought to ...(advice)
B: Yes. They’d better ... (advice/bad consequences)
 Problem: My son is not studying.
A: What’s the matter with him? He looks…
B: I think ...

A: I think he ought to ...(advice)

B: Yes. He’d better ... (advice/bad consequences)

 Problem: she/he has spoken a TV
series spoiler.
A: What’s the matter with them? They look…
B: I think...
A: I think they ought to ...(advice)
B: Yes. They’d better ... (advice/bad consequences)
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Talking in pairs
 Talking in pairs

A: What’s the matter with Martha?

B: She hasn’t feeling well lately. She’d
better…
A: You’re right. She ought to…
 Talking in pairs

A: What’s the matter with Maria?

B: She has been having trouble getting
to sleep. She’d better…
A: You’re right. She ought to….
 Talking in pairs

A: What’s the matter with Ryan?

B: He has been working very hard lately.
He’d better…
A: You’re right. He ought to…
 Talking in pairs

A: What’s the matter with Marcus?

B: He has been smoking a lot these
days. He’d better…
A: You’re right. He ought to…
 Negative Forms

You ought You had

not to better not
 Short form

You had You’d

better better