01:29In many modal verbs, should has a variety of meanings.
01:34Explain the use of should in these sentences.
01:37Should I get the cheap one or the expensive one?
01:42Well, that should to ask for advice or make a suggestion.
01:49Correct!
01:50She's out, but she shouldn't be much longer.
01:55That should for something probable or expected.
02:00Correct!
02:00Everyone should wear a seatbelt when driving.
02:07Well, that should for advice again.
02:11Incorrect!
02:12Wow, you got that one spectacularly wrong.
02:16Really nose over toes there.
02:18Isn't he fantastic?
02:20But a good TV host should never tell a guest they've got something wrong without softening it first.
02:28Just like this.
02:30Bill!
02:31That was a fair guess, but you got it wrong.
02:35Bad luck.
02:36But here's a high five for trying.
02:39Boom!
02:40Boom!
02:40Yes, thank you, Sal.
02:44I'll take that one under advisement.
02:47Leslie!
02:48Good job!
02:50Or maybe wrong.
02:52I forget now.
02:53Anyway, should is a modal verb, meaning it doesn't change for person or time and is always followed by a bare infinitive.
03:02It can be used to offer advice and make suggestions, talk about probabilities based on what is expected or logical, and refer to obligations, such as everyone should wear a seatbelt when driving, though it's not as strong as must.
03:22Well done.
03:23Two points each.
03:28Now it's time to...
03:30Hold up a sec.
03:30What a champion.
03:32What poise.
03:34What precision.
03:35But here's a quick note from someone who's walked the walk before.
03:40Why not try it like this?
03:43Great play, everyone.
03:44Amazing performance.
03:46Two points each.
03:48Wow.
03:49Okay, Sal.
03:51Nice idea.
03:52I'll bear that one in mind.
03:54Let's move on to round two.
03:57Should is a modal verb, and so has no past form.
04:01How, then, can we use should in the past?
04:09Don't we use should plus have plus a past participle verb?
04:17Correct.
04:18Well done, Bill.
04:20And for a bonus point, what functional use does it have?
04:25It's used to talk about past actions that either were or weren't a good idea.
04:34Correct.
04:35He got the bonus point.
04:38Well done, Bill.
04:39You're a star.
04:41Hit it.
04:41Oh, you shouldn't have done that.
04:48Sal, out of respect for a peer, I am going to let that one slide.
04:55But that is your last warning.
04:58Leslie.
04:59Well done, Bill.
05:01We can combine should with have and a past participle to talk about actions that either weren't
05:09a good idea, or would have been, but didn't happen.
05:13This is useful for criticizing someone.
05:16For example, you shouldn't have done that.
05:19Or for talking about regrets.
05:22For example, I should have listened to my mother more.
05:26Well done, Bill.
05:27You get the bonus point.
05:29Hit it.
05:29Oh, well that one's ruined now.
05:37On to our last round.
05:39The verb phrase had better is similar to should, but there are some important differences.
05:45Look at these sentences and correct the ones which are wrong.
05:50Both are followed by a bare infinitive.
05:53Both can be used to give advice.
05:56Both are the same degree of intensity.
05:59Neither includes a sense of consequence.
06:09C is wrong.
06:11Have better is more immediate and urgent than should.
06:15Correct.
06:16I think D is also incorrect.
06:20Doesn't had better include a sense of worry or danger of negative consequence if the advice
06:31is not followed is not followed.
06:33Correct.
06:34Tell them, Leslie.
06:35Leslie, my best buddy and pal.
06:38My best buddy and pal.
06:40Wow, folks.
06:42What a guy.
06:43Should and had better have similar meanings.
06:48Both are followed by a bare infinitive and both can be used to give advice.
06:53However, had better is a little more immediate and intense.
06:58When we use had better, there is an often unspoken sense of negative consequence if the advice is not followed.
07:08This also makes had better useful when delivering threats.
07:14For example, Sal, you had better stop poking that bear with that stick.
07:20Isn't he great, folks?
07:23Let's hear it for your favourite voice in the sky.
07:27It's Leslie.
07:29Alright, that's the conjunction that broke the syntax.
07:32Bill, you win.
07:34The prize is a boat or something.
07:38And Sal, maybe you should try having a catchphrase.
