Should, ought to , & had better

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Should, ought to , and had better

1.Should

a.    Should means suggestion ,recommendation , or advice

Example :

Ø  You are still ill, you should go to the doctor soon.

Ø   She is tired, she should take a rest.

b.    Should means necessity, requirement, imperative, and must.

Example :

Ø  You should do your homework everyday

Ø  She should be here soon

Ø  He should study hard

2.Ought to

a.    Ought to = should, means should have been, fittingly, properly, and obviously

Example :

Ø  She ought to be here now

Ø  Ought to see to come here again?

b.    Ought to means there are some works have not get finished.

Example :

Ø  The work ought to have been finished last week.

Ø  You ought not (oughtn’t) to have crossed the road when the lights were red.

                                                                                                                                     

3.Had better

a.    Had better plus base form to express advisability, similar to the way use should or ought.

Example :

            A = You’d better slow down, or else you will get a ticket

            B = Listen, you’d better stop criticizing my driving or you will end up walking

b.    Had better follows better in negative

Example :

A = Kids, you’d better not be fooling around when I get home. You’d better not watching TV or else !

c.    Questions using had better are always negative and they emphasize advisability or warning.

Example :

A = Hadn’t you better keep your month closed for a while?

B = Right, or else I will put my foot on it.

d.    Negative tag ending with had better or quite cammon.

Example :

A = I just can’t take it anymore, had better it?

e.    In the north American English, the idiom had better occurs much less frequently than had better.

Example :

A = We’d best not take any chances

B = Yes, if we do. We might lose our pants.