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USE: SUGGESTIONS
Can use 'should' to make suggestions. |
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should |
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FORM/USE: QUESTION TAGS
Can use the question tag form 'shouldn't' + pronoun to make suggestions and ask for opinions. |
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should |
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FORM: PAST AFFIRMATIVE
Can use 'should' have + '-ed'. |
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should |
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FORM: PAST NEGATIVE
Can use 'should have' + '-ed'. |
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should |
B1 |
USE: IDEAL OR DESIRED SITUATIONS
Can use 'should' to talk about ideal or desired situations. |
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should |
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USE: LIKELIHOOD
Can use 'should' to talk about what is likely to happen. |
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should |
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USE: NARRATIVE DEVICE
Can use 'you should have' + '-ed' to emphasise points in a story. |
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should |
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USE: REGRET
Can use 'should have' + '-ed' to talk about regrets or undesirable situations in the past. |
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should |
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USE: THANKING
Can use 'you shouldn’t have' (+ '-ed') in polite acceptance of a gift. |
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| MODALITY |
should |
B2 |
FORM: ELLIPSIS
Can use 'should' and 'shouldn't' without a following verb where the previous main verb is understood. |
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should |
B2 |
FORM: 'SHOULD BE' + '-ING'
Can use 'should be' + '-ing'. |
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should |
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USE: EXPECTATIONS
Can use 'should be' + '-ing' to talk about expectations. |
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should |
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USE: OBLIGATION
Can use 'should be' + '-ing' to talk about present general obligation. |
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| MODALITY |
should |
C1 |
FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES
Can use 'should' after 'if' to talk about possible situations in the future. |
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should |
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FORM/USE: INVERSION
Can use 'should' with an inverted subject to refer to possible situations, in formal contexts. |
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used to |
B1 |
FORM: AFFIRMATIVE|
Can use the affirmative form. |
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used to |
B1 |
FORM: NEGATIVE
Can use the negative forms 'didn't use to' and 'didn't used to'. |
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used to |
B1 |
USE: NO LONGER TRUE
Can use 'used to' to talk about repeated actions or states in the past that are no longer true. |
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used to |
B2 |
FORM: ELLIPSIS
Can use 'used to' without a following verb where the previous main verb is understood. ► ellipsis |
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used to |
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FORM: QUESTIONS
Can use the question form. |
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