Should
- advice or make recommendations
- talk about obligations
- talk about probability and expectations
Should It is used to express
(A) Duty/Obligation
(i) You should stand by your brother. (ii) I should leave now.
(iii) Promises should be kept. (iv) He should be present here.
(B) Future in the Past
(i) I told him that I should go there.
(ii) Did I not tell you that I should qualify?
(C) Purpose
Walk carefully lest you should fall.
(D) Condition
Should you work hard, you will get success.(‘should’ is used in the sense of ‘if’.)
(E) Should + Have This form is used to express obligation in the past. It may imply the non-performance of the action. For example
(i) You should have stood by your brother.
(ii) He should have left a massage.
(iii) He should have been present at the party.
(iv) My brother should have replied politely.
1. She advised that I ............... curtail expenditure.
(a) should (b) shall (c) should have
2. You ............... him that gambling would ruin him.
(a) should warn (b) should have warned (c) must warn
3. We enjoyed the movie, you ............... there.
(a) should have been (b) can be (c) should be
4. ............... you work hard, you will pass.
(a) Would (b) Will (c) Should
5. I told him that I ............... leave next day.
(a) should (b) should have (c) could
6. Make haste lest you ............... late.
(a) should get (b) should not get (c) may not got
(a) should (b) shall (c) should have
2. You ............... him that gambling would ruin him.
(a) should warn (b) should have warned (c) must warn
3. We enjoyed the movie, you ............... there.
(a) should have been (b) can be (c) should be
4. ............... you work hard, you will pass.
(a) Would (b) Will (c) Should
5. I told him that I ............... leave next day.
(a) should (b) should have (c) could
6. Make haste lest you ............... late.
(a) should get (b) should not get (c) may not got