Advice (should/ought to) Exercises
Online English grammar exercises on should, shouldn't, ought to, and had better for giving advice and making recommendations — with answers and explanations. Practise should vs ought to vs had better, learn when to use each modal for advice, and master negative forms shouldn't, oughtn't to, and had better not. Multiple choice questions and worksheets from A2 to B1. 4 exercise sets with 80 questions (A2 - B1 Level).
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A big fire has burned a forest near Paris. It is the Fontainebleau forest. The fire started on Sunday afternoon. People …
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“You ___ try the new Italian restaurant on Park Street. The food is amazing!”
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“Doctor: You ___ cut down on sugar. Your blood sugar levels are too high.”
B1 ReadingNEWParis Fire Empties 900 Homes
A big forest fire has burned about 800 hectares near Paris. The fire is in the Fontainebleau forest, about 60 kilometres…
Why practice Advice (should/ought to) exercises?
These exercises help you master all the ways to give advice and make recommendations in English. Start with should and shouldn't for everyday advice at A2 level — the most common way to suggest what someone else can do. Then learn ought to as a more formal alternative and had better for urgent advice or warnings. Next, practise choosing between should, ought to, and had better based on the situation — casual advice to a friend, a formal recommendation, or a serious warning. Finally, use all three in real-life contexts such as health advice, travel tips, and workplace suggestions, and learn how advice (should) differs from obligation (must/have to).