English Modals: 4 ways to use “SHOULD”

Thanks for checking out the lesson, everyone! Leave your questions and comments below. If you’re wondering which song I’m (badly) singing at the start of this video, it’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by The Clash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM

Alex

thank you for sharing with us :)

mete1991

I should watching your video more!!! =))

AmyLe

Thank you Alex, you and your partners are really doing a great job, you all should feel so proud for sharing your time and knowledge.

ccardonamontes

A lot of us have been doing it for almost 10 years now. I can’t believe it’s been this long!

Alex

I should get 100% ^^

Som

Haha. And did you? ;)

Alex

Greatlesson,Alex, as usual. I love that song.It rocks.
I wonder if you could prepare a lesson on split
infinitives.I know you are very busy,but…..
Hope you read this comment.
i got 10/10. Thank you very much.

zigmund

Thank you so much for your lesson.

toroo103

Merci Alex. Je vais maintenant écouter la chanson. J’attendais 100% de réussite au quizz ; j’ai obtenu 90%. Cela me satisfait.
Ca avance, le français ??

beernaard

Tres peu. Je suis tres occupe avec ma famille, travail, EngVid, et projects personal. (personelle?) :p Mais j’essaie.

Alex

projets personnels :)

Mar-

Thanks alex :)

Shajib

“Like a pregnant woman, contractions” hahahaha
Your comments are sooo fun XD
Thanks for all your lessons, jokes and songs Alex!!

knopfler86

No problem. I feel like I’m more comfortable just showing my actual personality in videos now than I was between 2009 and 2014 or so!

Alex

“- What score do you think you’ll get on this quiz?
– I should get 100%”
And I got 100% :-)
Thank you, Alex.
You know, in our country there are a proverb “There aren’t bad students. There are only bad teachers”. I got 100%, it means you are a great teacher ;-)

genadijus007

9/10 :) Should I review it more?

Happy04

It’s always a good idea to review the things you already know from time to time. This works for everything in life!

Alex

Thanks four your lessons, you are a very good teacher.

capi007

It’s my pleasure! Thanks for your kind feedback, and thanks for studying with EngVid, capi007!

Alex

yesssss I got 10 correct out of 10.
thank you alxe I didn’t get the example about blackjack and hedging !!!

AkramYanis

thank you Alex for this lesson. I should get 100%, but ,I didn’t, sorry, who know next time :)

Roberto

I should learn hard.

zhouxing

Ooh 06/10. I should need to watch the lesson again ??. Thanks Alex.

Annie

I should watch the lesson again or I need to watch the lesson again….good luck

AkramYanis

Thank you!

Annie

I should get 100%,but I get 90%. thank you Alex

kayba17

yayy.100% made it.thanks a lot

mcpoyle

thank’s Mr Alex

tuba89

“Thanks, Mr. Alex.” You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Alex

Thank you sir

craix

Thanks for this lesson…. Your advices are good

yduitama

Alex your way of teaching is awesome!
This lesson literally helped me and I’ve a request that please make a video on “HOW TO SPOT THE ERROR IN THE SENTENCE” I hope that you’ll consider my request.
STAY BLESSED!

sarah talpur

Thanks for your support, Sarah! As for your suggestion, that would be a super difficult lesson because the number of possible errors is nearly infinite! Also, learners with different native languages make different errors when learning English. I’ll have to think about it a bit more to see if I can do something on this topic. Hmm…

Alex

Yeah I know that it is difficult….. that’s why I asked for :D ;) but it’s okay! Hope that your future videos will help me…… and Thanks for your response to my suggestion. STAY BLESSED!

sarah talpur

hi Alex, I have some question. I don’t know what mean about hedging?? could you tell me more detail? thanks!!!

wolf0817

Thank you sooooo much Mr.Alex you’re the best

tuba89

I got 90
Thanks sir

Lucky22

Great teacher Alex! Thank you very much, very interesting.

neanses

Thanks for your lessons, Teacher Alex. I make it 100.

Yahui Lee

Hello,
I have a doubt that isn’t related to the above video. Exactly which organizing committee is IELTS affiliated with!? Cambridge or British Council….. or any other. Could you please let me know.
Thanks

KRUTIKAA

I Should get 100 / 90

lerz80

We need subtitle in videos

Nematypayam

100%! Hurray! :D

ThereseBrendeland

Hi Alex. I was wondering what is the right pronunciation for the contraction of have (of) (a)? should´ve= shoulda or shouldof? please help me out with this one.
Best regards

rubsibar

Hey Sir your classes are so useful for us, all people are learning English. I got 9

Osv4ldo

Thank you Alex!! This lesson has been useful to me. I really like the way you teach English. I could never get bored ;)

RoxanaS

Great lesson!!!

TioBlack

Hi teacher
I found this sentence as an example in an Oxford dictionary at the entry “qualify” :
A cup of coffee and a sandwich doesn’t really qualify as a meal.
So my question is is this sentence correct grammatically ?
Two subjects take does ?

fahadbinsalman

thanks

che1707

I got 90 0ut of 100 I should have getting 100 out of 100 .

hassanbosajad

Hi. Good day. I am sure I should learn more from you. Thanks a lot for giving us a good lesson.

Aarifmohi

thank you, Alex, it was great like always
I got a suggestion though, could you make some lessons about the difference between adjective synonyms, between us one of the biggest problems is not knowing the connotation or where we should use them, like the difference of “complacent vs gloating vs smug vs Conceited ”
it means a world to me if you make such lessons, especially on different adjectives

aliziaei

If I study English when I was young, I should have appointed as a manager role in my working place.

Ken chariya

Thanks a lot for your teaching, Alex. i will follow up your lessons. :)

Thaw123

Thank you teacher…..!!

Jakub Alvarez

Thank you Alex.

Tyrion

thank you very much for your advice

dihindu

thanks alex

che1707

Hi Alex,
thanks for lesson. Maybe you know the famous song by Kylie Minogue “I should be so lucky”. Is that song about a future expectation?

Rapok

Hi Alex
I recently heard in a series a character say “Funny you should ask.” Apparently this is more commonly used in British English.(Practical English Usage, P.Swan,2nd ed.,p518).

Tyrion

Thanks for the lesson

Vladimir

Thanks

slngny

Smashing! Thank you so much!

OneGogh1976

Thank you for this, it is a big help for me to improve my english. GODBLESS YOU!

Gemma18

I got 80 score.. ? i must learning again..

Azwardi imani

thank you…tks

arno jung junior

Great video, thank you:)

safia2009

i dont know i cant take the test ? i mean the quize

lehle

I got 10 correct out of 10. Thanks a lot!)

NikaLorin

I got 9 out of 10. That is good for somebody like me living in a Spanish environment.

carmarce70

I should get 100% but i didn’t get it, only 90% :((

Ririsafria28

Thank you sir

Urek

I think you are the best teacher here.
Thank you

Mohamedjacob78

yesss 10 out of 10 :)

DrBashayirFaisal

Very useful lesson, thanks a lot!

Evgeniy

I got 9 our of 10. My wrong answer is number 7.

Chan M.

I could have gotten 100%, but that ‘hedging’ question got me :D

Ereadan

I should get 100%. ;)
thanks Alex

egypt.sarah1988

10/10/ Thanks again.

I was wondering if you guys have a lesson for CELBAN as well??

Amanda777

I should get 100% ::))))

isabeladr

10/10 yeye

Sanu1993

Really thank you for your teaching .

TsaiChiHuang

thank u alex:)

prabh

I got 90% ?

Dhimamrebel

First of all, You are funny! I enjoy watching all of your videos.
Second, I have a doubt; Why “If everything goes well, we should have the project ready by the end of the week.” is a way of hedging my statement instead of an advice?

Grace Carvalho

thanks，Alex

Neal

I should get 100% and I did it!!!

Luke Tanner

I enjoyed your joke about contractions (y). Yours lessons are amazing, I am grateful for you and Engvid have done for us. Best wishes to you two.

tanocristiano

thanks

gerrynaks

Amazing lession!
Just an adivice about your page.
I found a mistake in the code source.
When we did done the video, and go to questions, we can found “bug” in questions.

brendonHenriqueSS

Amazing lession!
Just an adivice about your page, I found a mistake in the code source.
here
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brendonHenriqueSS

The error :

"He should apologize. Everything was his fault."
br>This is:

It will show “br>This is:” after the current question. You can fix it by closing the tag
Just turn ” br>This is:”
into “this is:”

This SHOULD work :P

brendonHenriqueSS

i should get 100% but ended up get 90 XD

Bou Socheatamino

thanks a lot sir .. i v got 90% i should do my best

_KHATER_

thank you,foreseer 10 out of 10 you should have gone for the head as an example.

jack0910

Thanks Alex

Arnaoutm

Thank you

MojtabaDelavari

thank a lot Mr Alex

indho

100% :) thanxxxx Alexxxxx :)

ebrully

Thanks Mr. Alex. Your explain was very good for me.

jorgeatcsys

We should Thank you Mr Alex

Arsham

THANK YOU

abdalkareem momammed

90/100 quite good.

MAHENDRA1962

My first time that I see your class, congrats, now I’ll be watching more videos, thanks!

Destefani

I was expecting to get 100 points in this Quiz. I should’ve be more more careful! Thank you Alex you are a good teacher.

DreamerKit

I got 9 correct out of 10.
:)

wsantos23

Good afternoon Mr Alex. On the video there is a sentence – Ishould have it done by tomorrow. And Your explanation – first: When is your project going to be finished, but second I can’t understand, I can hear – When will you be finish the project. It’s incorrect. Would You be so kind to write this sentence here to understand it correctly. Thank you very much, indeed!

tarasevol

Sorry! I have found subtitles. The sentence is – When will You be finished that project. But still I don’t quite understand this sentence. Would you help me with it please. Thank You very much indeed!

tarasevol

Perhaps It is – When will you have finished that project?

tarasevol

Good afternoon! Thare’s one more question – in subtitles is written:”This is supposed to working”. But again on internet and in the dictionaries I can’t find after the word “supposed””to working”, perhaps “to be working”. Greatly sorry! Would You be so kind to help me with this. Thank You very much indeed!

tarasevol

if I should’ve started my English course by you now I was professional

Benjamin

i really enjoy your explanations even though i am a student of low levels English(I have only been studying for two courses) ,I can understand you pretty well , I’m from Spain ,I’m 59 and I’ve never had time to study English , now is my time and you and Engvid make it easyer yo me,.thanks.

Sondae

You got 9 correct out of 10.:)
thank you!

Temirzhan

Thanks Alex

kamberkaya

thank you, Alex
10 out of 10

paramonova

Hi Alex. Good explanation. Please tell me if this sentence is okay. Everybody should be watching Alex’s videos for learning English faster.

meliorlo1983

Thanks for the great lesson. I would like to point out that it is the first video, in my knowledge where, tutor is asking to repeat during the lecture for better pronunciation.

Good job Alex.

aarkay87

thanks Alex, I Should watch all your youtube videos, I have already suscribed to your channel and also in this plataphorm. I really enjoy every english class.

Amy Yu

scored 9/10..
Thanks for great lesson…. ?????

Raj Ind

Hi, I just want to ask if this is wrong or not “You should wear mask when you’re going to a public place.” Because based on my understanding, it’s wrong because it must be “must” instead of “should” because it is necessary to used facemask this time of pandemic.

Janah08

If there is a law or a rule, one would use “must”. For example: “Starting tomorrow, everyone must wear a mask on public transit.” “You must wear a mask if you visit me.”

If it is not required, but still the best thing to do, use “should”. For example: “People should only go to the grocery store once a week.” “You should wear a mask even if no one is around.”

Hope this helps!