How to use ShouldShouldnt Past Present Basic English Grammar
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shouldn’t I’m going to cover present
tense and past tense this will be a very
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to show the different ways we can use
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so let’s begin with some very beginner
friendly some very beginner patterns
that we can use with should so first
point we use should and should not to
express suggestions or to express advice
this is the pattern that we use when we
want to express a suggestion we want to
give someone advice subject plus should
or shouldn’t plus the infinitive form of
a verb or reminder the infinitive form
of a verb is like the dictionary form
it’s the form when you open the
dictionary when you check the dictionary
that
the form of the verb that you see this
is the infinitive form another point
this part right here is not not so
should not reduces to shouldn’t
shouldn’t should not becomes shouldn’t
so that’s what this is I’m going to use
this in today’s lesson a lot so I
probably won’t say should not I’ll
probably say shouldn’t should so let’s
look at some examples while I read these
examples please send me your examples in
the chat
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as I can alive so let’s take a look so
first one you should exercise every day
you should exercise every day my subject
is you
here’s should here’s my infinitive verb
exercise exercise you should exercise
every day
of course this sentence is also correct
you should exercise that’s very general
advice you should exercise every day
gives a little more information okay
someone Andrew said I should eat more
fruit okay good so like giving advice to
yourself or a suggestion to yourself
that’s totally fine good job okay next
example then he shouldn’t eat junk food
he shouldn’t eat junk food my subject is
he here I have the negative so this is
something we recommend not to do so he
shouldn’t eat again infinitive verb so
no change to the verb hey there JP tag
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if you don’t know junk food junk food is
unhealthy food like in the u.s. that
means like potato chips cookies
I don’t know crackers lots of my
favorite foods those kinds of things ok
so he shouldn’t eat junk food
please note with this grammar point we
don’t need to change the verb this verb
so like he shouldn’t eats is incorrect
no change to this verb here just leave
it
some examples are coming in fantastic
stick eraser says you should wash your
hands every hour nice example over right
now Christopher says I should learn
English from Alisha whoo-hoo I hope so a
cineast says I should stay at home these
days yes indeed excellent very timely
examples everybody ah let’s see Jacob
says we shouldn’t give up nice everybody
has a nice supportive example sentences
on Facebook hang says you should study
online in this difficult situation
nice idea yes I hope so I hope so okay
let’s go to one more example for
suggestions or advice and then we’ll
continue on ok we should think about our
vacation plans for next year we should
think about our vacation plans for next
year so again here’s my subject here’s
should and my infinitive verb is think I
included this one because of this
pattern this think about you might hear
this pattern in planning situations we
should think about something something
for the future this is kind of a handy
it’s a useful pattern we should think
about or you should think about
it’s like saying please consider this
for the future but you’re giving a
recommendation so this is the first use
of should I want to talk about today
let’s continue now to using should to
make predictions for the future so when
we do this the grammar we use is the
same as this one so there’s no change to
the grammar here so how do we know it’s
a prediction we know based on the
context based on the conversation on the
situation we understand is it advice for
is this person making a guess so again a
prediction is a guess we’re making a
guess about the future when you use
should to make a prediction it’s saying
like you think there’s a very good
chance in the future of
so some examples our team has had a
great year our team has had a great year
we should win the finals we should win
the finals so this is like a Sports
example yeah so if I’m like a basketball
team or like a football team or
something and my team this part our team
has had a great year that means up until
now this year our team’s performance was
very good but we say our team has had a
great year then we should win the finals
so this we should is not a like a
recommendation this should is a
prediction so the speaker is making a
guess I think there’s a good chance we
are going to win the finals that’s what
this is okay another example the app we
made should be a huge success the app we
made should be a huge success so if you
are like an app developing company or if
you make software if you make anything
basically if you create anything and you
think there’s a good chance it will be
successful you can express it with
should so the thing I made or the app we
made in my example should be so here my
subject is this the app the app or the
app we made and then should and my verb
here is B the app we made should be a
huge success huge means very very big
okay a final one some examples are
coming in then I’ll read your example as
I see there are a lot my parents should
arrive in a few minutes my parents
should arrive in a few minutes subject
is my parents should and arrive is my
verb so again this is not a suggestion
this is a prediction so I expect my
parents are going to arrive I think
there’s a very high chance of that i
express it with
my parents should arrive in a few
minutes so the grammar is the same it
just depends on what you want to
communicate okay I’m going to check your
examples so oh I just missed you on
Facebook someone had a really nice one
yeah someone said if I study hard I
should pass the exam other ur9 hiya if I
stuff if I study hard I should pass the
exam nice nice example others umm yes
lots of people are sending suggestions
I’m looking for your predictions umm
let’s see one day me the sky is cloudy
it should rain later yeah that’s pretty
good nice nice
that’s a very nice one gear Matt Lisa
should be the most popular teacher in
the world I don’t know everybody has
their own preferences uh Alisha you guys
are sending me your your recommendations
your recommendations
let’s I’m looking for your predictions
your predictions hmm
our team has been in good form we should
qualify for the next round nice example
on Facebook over there great one great
one I missed your name I’m sorry I’m
sorry someone says you’re really
overweight you shouldn’t eat a lot okay
so again that’s a suggestion or advice
pattern okay great nice examples
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I’m talking about how to use should have
and shouldn’t have so we’re covering how
to use this modal verb I talked about
using it for suggestions and advice and
to make predictions in part 2 now we’re
going to level up a little bit we’re
going to talk about how to use it to
describe likely present situations and
expected and desired actions that are
not happening so let’s get into part two
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don’t see questions or examples lots of
you are sending your suggestions and
advice very nice people should follow
the rules good examples okay let’s
continue on to part two then because
there’s a lot to explain bar two let’s
begin here this use of should uses beef
this is a key point for this grammar and
for the next grammar point as well so I
put these together first very likely
present situations very likely present
situations so that means something that
we think has a good chance a very good
chance of being true now so we make this
with again same as we did before subject
plus should or shouldn’t again we can
make it negative shouldn’t is should not
and then B B and the ending of this
sentence will change a bit you will
sometimes see it with an adjective he’ll
sometimes see it with an expression like
here or at home something like that so
let’s look at some examples some common
examples of how we use this it’s Monday
the office should be open it’s Monday
the office should be open what’s
happening here this is the sentence I
want to focus on this gives us some
background information it’s Monday it’s
Monday so that means it’s a regular
working day it’s Monday the office
should be open so open here means the
office is available like people are
working in the office this be shows us
with should that there’s a very high
chance so it’s a very likely present
condition it’s Monday the office should
be open so we express this with should
be should be plus this condition word it
should be open today another example hmm
this should be the place the address is
correct this should be the place the
address is correct this I included this
example sentence right here because this
is a very common expression we use when
we’re looking for a place for the first
time so if you have like your phone for
example and you’re checking the GPS on
your phone or something you’re looking
for a new location like a restaurant or
a new building you’ve never been there
before you arrive you check your map and
it’s very this is usually what we say
when we think we’re correct when we
think this should be the place so that
means this is this place I’m in right
now this should be
the place so that means the place I’m
going to or the place I want to go so
this is a very common expression we use
when we’re looking for someplace we’ve
never been to before but we think we’ve
arrived so we have a high level of
confidence in ourselves oh you know key
okay send me your examples too of this
of this grammar I will try to check it
this one is a little more challenging so
give it a try okay one more
it’s 11 a.m. it’s 11 a.m. everyone
should be at the office so again this
one is very similar to the first one
everyone my subject should be at the
office at the office so remember I said
like it’s a we use like position words
like at home or like a condition word we
often end this kind of sentence with an
expression like that someone said a nun
hi says is ought to the same as should
in terms of meaning yes in terms of
meaning yes so like it’s Monday the
office ought to be open or as we talked
about over here
you ought to exercise every day yes but
in terms of formality we do not use
ought to very often in everyday speech
it sounds a little bit old-fashioned or
maybe too polite you sometimes hear it
yes
so in terms of meaning they’re the same
in these cases but we use should more in
everyday conversation already I’m
looking for your examples now
it’s Johnny our government should be
honest so that’s another suggestion or
advice pattern yeah so remember this one
we’re talking about a very likely
present situation someone Fareed says
it’s Wednesday Alicia should be online
perfect that’s exactly so a very high
chance I am online now so that’s
something that is true now like in this
moment in time good good good
con logic says be patient there should
be a way to fix this server error there
should be a way okay next one next one
yeah mmm okay he should be a van died on
Facebook says he’s the police he should
be protecting the people very nice
example for the next point so let’s
continue to the next point then some of
you are already sending examples for
this one this one is a very common one
what is this one so we use should in
this pattern to express an expected or a
desired action that is not happening so
the example I just read on Facebook he’s
the police he should be protecting
people that’s an example of this one so
how do we make this again the same
pattern subject plus should or shouldn’t
with this again we use B and at the end
we use the we use a verb in the ing form
so this let’s look at some examples of
this first it’s 3:00 a.m. so 3:00 a.m.
means 3:00 in the morning you should be
sleeping you should be sleeping subject
you should be verb in the ing form you
should be sleeping so that means the
listener is not sleeping so this is
something like parents say to kids so
like the kid is up a reading late at
night and that was
the kid is up reading late at night and
the parent finds the kid it’s 3:00 a.m.
you should be sleeping so this means the
kid is not sleeping the parent has this
desired action this desired state and
express it with this you should be
sleeping you can use this another
example
they shouldn’t be talking this is a
library so this situation the speaker is
in a library some may be a group of
people it’s talking very loudly with
loud voices so they and the negative
shouldn’t be talking
they shouldn’t be talking so this
shouldn’t shows us the group of people
they are talking now the speaker’s
expectation or desire is for the group
of people not to talk I shouldn’t be
talking this is a library hi Rolando one
of our members joined and welcome so we
use this pattern to express that like
expectation but that’s not happening now
so what’s another good example uh here’s
another good one
let me change my my marker color so it’s
easier to see when you’re studying I’ll
give you a pattern that you can use if
you need to study and someone is
bothering you so you can say sorry
oh my pens back sorry I can’t talk now I
should be studying sorry I can’t talk
right now I should be studying I should
be studying I should be studying so this
is something you can use yes you’re the
subject is you I should be studying so
you’re saying this is the action I need
to do this is my desired action
now and you apologize sorry I can’t talk
to you right now
I need to focus is what you’re saying
with this sorry I should be studying so
this is a handy a handy means useful a
handy expression you can use to talk
about desired ongoing situations okay um
hey sooth says that’s the gym they
should be exercising yes so that’s okay
that sentence is okay if you see someone
that’s like not exercising in the gym so
the key here is that this the situation
the desired situation is not happening
that’s what we use this pattern to
express we want something to happen but
it’s not happening right so we want to
we kind of are showing the contrast of
it okay America says they shouldn’t be
fighting it’s only a joke okay good
that’s a good example that’s a good
example siya hots on facebook says I’m a
teacher I should be listening more oh I
missed it I should be listening more in
English I think is what it says nice
example nice example okay uh let’s see I
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regret this is a very common one with
should have and shouldn’t have yes we
also use would have and could have with
this if you want to know more about that
please search our English class 101
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to focus on should have and shouldn’t
have in this part right here to express
regret what is regret regret is a sad or
disappointed feeling about the past so
how do we do that we express it one way
to do that is to express with should so
again two patterns here our subject then
we use should or should it again as with
everything else in today’s lesson this
one however we use have after should or
shouldn’t and we finish with the past
participle form of a verb so the past
participle form of a verb form of a verb
is something we have to study so let’s
look at some examples of this and break
down what’s happening here so
oh I shouldn’t have spent so much money
I shouldn’t have spent so much money a
very common of regret for many people so
this one what’s happening here
I am men shouldn’t so should not have
spent so much money so like last month I
shouldn’t have spent so much money why
did I do that
so I spent too much money that’s the
problem here I’m expressing regret with
this grammar pattern
I shouldn’t have spent spent is the past
participle form of the verb to spend so
this means I spent too much money I’m
using the negative here this sentence
means I did spend money or rather I
spent too much money and now I am upset
that’s what’s going on when you see this
negative form I should not have done
that thing let’s compare this to the
positive form you should have called me
so for example like my friend was
struggling my friend needed help you
needed help you should have called me
in this sentence I’m using the positive
so should have and then past participle
verb form called me that means you did
not call me but I think you should have
it would have been better
so please note when you use the positive
form of this it means the action did not
happen in the past when you use the
negative form of it it means the action
did happen in the past so please keep
this in mind this key difference here
let’s look at one more example he
shouldn’t have yelled in the meeting he
shouldn’t have yelled in the meeting so
again we’re using this negative form
half past participle verb yelled he
shouldn’t have yelled in the meeting I
was so unprofessional so that means he
did yell in the meeting so yes although
it’s negative
that means that action happened in the
past and we wish it had not hmm very
exciting grammar so some examples from
all of you jr. says I shouldn’t have
spent so much time in parties good and
so um good point you’ve written too much
in the youtube comment I please use this
so much so much known so I shouldn’t
have spent so much time or I shouldn’t
have spent so much money
please use so much so much you’re
emphasizing how much of something that
you did uh Michelle says I shouldn’t
have eaten so much food yes it was a
very common regret for me as well okay
Fabiana says I shouldn’t have shouted
great great over on Facebook uh yuk says
I shouldn’t have loved him so much
oh yes a common relationship regrets
great one great limb shot says I
shouldn’t have driven so fast
I gotta find so many of you are using to
in these cases
I shouldn’t have driven so adjectives I
shouldn’t have driven so fast or I
shouldn’t have slept so long
please use so in this pattern so so so
uh Jeremy
she should have eaten more salad ah so I
know that if your subject is he or she
or it we practice a lot changing the
verb in this pattern he shouldn’t have
there’s no change to have in this one
please keep your half there he shouldn’t
have she shouldn’t have the other
examples wall kiss I shouldn’t have
eaten so much ice cream
good examples good examples nineteen
says I shouldn’t have hurt my friend’s
feelings good John’s and says they
shouldn’t have reacted the way they did
excellent excellent example rocky says I
shouldn’t have played video games all
day great examples everybody
very nice Wow everybody is you are
master is with this grammar point very
nice
nice uh uh Sayid may be sorry on YouTube
says please tell us about the question
form of this should have pattern ah
great point I can I have like one more
minute just sorry okay so I’ll include a
question form here if you want to ask
someone’s feedback like you made a
mistake you know that but you don’t know
how to fix it and you want to ask
someone for their advice you can use a
pattern like what should I have done
what should I have done so to break this
down what’s happening here WH question
what in this case what you could use who
or where or whatever should I or your
subject have past participle bird what
should I have done where should I have
gone who should I have spoken to so this
is how you can ask for feedback about
something that didn’t go as planned in
the past I hope that this helps you so
again to recap WH question should or
shouldn’t subject have past participle
ver okay sorry that was like a minute
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