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How to Give Advice in English – SHOULD, OUGHT TO, HAD BETTER
In this English lesson, I teach you how to give advice, using ‘should’, ‘ought to’, and ‘had better’. These are used differently and can mean different things, so learn about those differences here. If you want my advice, you had better watch this free lesson right now…
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Maryna Krutykova
Dear Teachers!
Thanks a lot for Your exqusite yesterday’s Grammar classes.
Sincerely Yours!
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Rey
Nice lesson Alex, thanks
florosita
I like your teaching, thanks a lot.
Jakub1
Could you tell me; where’s the difference between: “somebody SHOULD DO something.” vs. “somebody SHOULD BE DOING something”?
They are both sentences which give advice, with slightly different intentions. “Somebody should do something” is the simple present, meaning that it’s general advice and that someone should do something, but they are not doing it yet. “Somebody should be doing something” is the present progressive/continuous tense, and advises that someone should be doing something RIGHT NOW. They are both very close in meaning.
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Patricia Helena
I loved it. Excelent lesson! I am a new member and I think you should post other lessons like that :) :) :)
Thank you for your compliment, and I will keep doing my best to post more useful lessons for the visitors of this site.
AlexESLvid
Marco
Thanks for the class very interesting …
huy
Thanks for your lessons and your entire website.
I have a suggestion.
Why don’t you filter noise out your lesson.
It will hear better and more comfortable.
Many softwares now can do it easily, effectively, swiftly.
; )
I will see if there is any way to improve the sound, but I think it is already quite good!
AlexESLvid
Bijo
thank for ur lesson i want to when we use would have,could have, should have
Great suggestion. Thank you, and I will try to make a lesson on these in the future.
AlexESLvid
Naresh
Dear Sir,
we couldn’t find this lesson as you promised us. please post this lesson. thanks
Hello, Alex! Hello, Bijo! I really appreciate your Lessons, Alex. And I would be delighted to learn more about using “would have”, “could have”, “should have” (Bijo suggestion), and other forms of these modals. Thank you in advance.
Dino
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Tommy
Hi
dear teacher
could u tell me what the distinguishes between on the should and shall? if can, please give some examples
thank you so much
example
shall i bring something for you??
(we use only for asking )
should i bring something for you??
(here we feel thats better for you but im asking to you)
understand now thats so easy to use….
Sohail
Aliona
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love1986
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bagonga
thanks teacher
Sohail
Hi respectfully teacher…
“now you goes now you comes”
why do we use this sentence ?????
please reply me fast..
your newly student
Sohail khan
akram
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cecilia2072
Hi Alex,
It my first lesson and it is soooo great, thank you. I didn’t know ‘should’ can be used for avice. Most of Korean students and I are accustomed to using ‘should’ only for duty. For example, ‘You should study hard to go to that school.
Is it common to use for advice? Do people have to understand on context??
cynthia
hi alex..
thank you so much for your lessons. It was really very useful for me. I’m your student from India. Can you please tell me how to increase my verbal knowledge?
Thanks in advance
Deegii
hi Alex, thank you . My english have improving when I had start to study in you web. Thanks
QWER
please explain the complete meaning of preposition : “with, by, of ,from etc.”means it’s detailed explaination
lilprinz07
I am a filipino,and this engvid is very useful for me…thank you so much!
mich
Yeah,.i agree lilprinz07,.this video is very useful,.thank you teacher Alex!
hey
I have question about “had better”
u said we can use “had better” when A gives a stronger advice
what I wanna know is if “had better” can add “than~” or not
ex) I’d better eat this food than die
I know rather “than” is formal
I just wanna had better~ than~ is possible or impossible
cause I’m not american, there is somethin confusing
pliz give me a mail! : )
ur lecture so nice kk
asha haji
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Your teaching is wonderful.I haven’t seen good teachers as you are.Thank you very much
kaka kiki
hi alex
i am very interesting with your teaching and i can got a lot thing frome your lesson . i think your lesson is suitable with begining learner. now i have just starded study english so your lesson it was very useful to me. i don’t know how to said thank you but i am enjoying your lesson very much. i want to learn more lesson
thank anyway
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i am a newer and comfrom vietnamese . your lessons are always great . thank you very much. i would like to watch more . thanks again !
baodoan
Hi!
Can you show me around the room. where you teach. If you can show me the outsite too. I just want to know please!
Thank you very much.
amazigh
can you bring us more of advices pls thanks for other lessons
noureen khurshedi
hi alex,thank you for your all help.god bless you.
ps2ali
hi mr.Alex ,thank you for all help
tonyd
Thanks Alex
Pavoreal
Thanks Alex for you help.
Seungho
I always think your helps.
thank you Alex.^^
Maria
I was not present in English, and I missed that lesson, but thanks to you, I got a good grade in the examination.^^
( Sorry my English sucks ><)
ariff
What about this phrase,
“ought you should know”
Is it grammatically correct?
Any other suggestion to replace this?
ROJO
how i can use have got to/has giving andive i need some examples
alexon
alex! your lessons are very interesting and suitable. thank you very much! In July I have a IELTS exam. I need a help with my speaking. If you can give any advises than I will appreciate it. Thanks.
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I used these videos in my class and found them interesting to my students. They were used as a tool for motivation and a tool for reinforcement. My students liked them and asked for more.
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Neelam777
Thanks you Alex.
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Thanks you Alex.
Angela
Hi Alex,
I really have problems with past perfect.Could you helpe-me?
wafaa2011
hi sir , thank you for your good explaination
dody
thank u you are great your way of teach easy please can u teach us the rule of if byyyyyye
jose
i would like to know how i can enroll on your clases thank you alex
amar
i have one doubt
example : ‘if u dnt follow my advice, you have to face the consequeces’.
in the above example ,is it correct to start a clause with ‘if’
annie
Interesting lesson…..thanks Alex
morealsta
Thanks a lot Alex. Your have a lovely teaching style :)
subhash
thanks a lot to all my teaches in engvid
but i am a beginner in english
so i want to lessons from basics
could u please do for me
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I like all the lessons in website..i m a beginner..need a schedule,means from where to start……please can u help
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messaoudi
thank you for your effort in order to improve ourselves in modal verbs and i wish if you will do other courses about that
Abufatma
Thank u 4 ur effort
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thank you
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Thank you so much .
Raulo
Hi Alex ! Good lesson ! thank you !
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hi Alex.. great videos..
i’m learning so much..
thank you..
and God bless you..