Unit IV should/ought to

Task 4

Combine should/ought to with the appropriate form of the infinitive in brackets while filling in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

should/ought to plus infinitive

We use should and ought to plus simple infinitive to express our opinion about what's right and wrong.
- Drivers ought to (should) be more considerate to other road users.
We can also use them for advice or criticism.
-You really shouldn't be lifting heavy furniture at your age.
Should/ought to in combination with continuous infinitive (terminative verbs) or with simple infinitive (durative verbs) can have the meaning of deduction.
-It should be your house.
To talk about the past, we use should/ought to plus perfect infinitive so as to suggest what happened in the past was wrong or unfortunate.
-The Covernment ought to have listened. (=they didn't)
-You shouldn't have worked so hard. (=you did)
1. I don't feel well. See me home,Tom. I (to come).
2. I'm afraid I the last person to know about it (to be).
3. Didn't he say anything to you about it? You him when he visited you (to ask).
4. They have a wonderful language. It widely (to know).
5. "We here," she burst out (to come).
6. You should go to the concert. Why the concert( to miss)?
7. He looked more than ever out of place; he at home (to stay).
8. I realize now I anything (to say).
9. The plane about now (land).
10. You her riding a horse (to see)! It was so funny!