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UNIT
17
EXERCISES
17.1 Complete these sentences with should / ought to + infinitive (or a passive form) or should /
ought to have + past participle using one of these verbs. In which one is ought to NOT possible?
Are there any in which should is more likely? (A & B)
check include keep listen meet plan receive refrigerate stay
1 You ...sK?**lcL../.oug}it ..to ..Have.recxwed,_ reply by now.
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2 This medicine in a cool place, (from a medicine bottle label)
3 Here's someone you really
4 If you're feeling ill, I at home today, if I were you.
5 To have got a better mark, you your answers more thoroughly.
6 According to the label, the jam after opening.
7 I think you to him. He knew what he was talking about.
8 The results were completely wrong. As a scientist she the experiment more
carefully.
9 The information you send details of courses taken at university.
(from a job application form)
17.2 Correct these sentences where necessary, or put a S. (C)
1 Business letters had better be brief and to the point.
2 It's cold outside, so you had better put on a warm coat.
3 I think children had better learn to cook at an early age.
4 You'd better not to go out tonight. It's raining.
5 As you are feeling ill, you'd better not go to work.
6 Some plants had better not be grown in direct sunlight. It will damage their leaves.

17.3 In which sentences can you put should or must and in which can you only put must? Where
both are possible, consider the difference between should and must. (D)
1 A timetable be set for withdrawing the army.
2 Les isn't home yet. He have been held up at work.
3 T wonder how old Mike is?' 'Well, he went to school with my mother, so he be
well over 50.'
4 If you smell gas, you phone the emergency number.
5 You try to visit Nepal - it's a beautiful country.
6 'I only live a couple of minutes from the town centre.' 'It be handy having
shops nearby.'

17.4 Here are some things that people often say in Britain. (E)
1 Walking under a ladder is supposed to be / I)
unluck
y- ^d
2 It's supposed to be lucky if a black cat walks I I I If С
in front of you. /=
y
o
of the cuckoo
The
3 in front f ou. (= a bird) is supposed to / / / = = / / ' /
call
be the first sign of spring. //~E=foL_
4 Drinking hot milk . before you go to bed // // S
.
.
.
is supposed to help you sleep.
What other similar things do people often say in your country? Use supposed to in your answers.
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