Intermediate Grammar
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Should 2“should after verbs/adjectives · Should you … · if … should” – 44 interactive questions
📖 Grammar Reference – Should 2
Study the notes, then work through the six exercises.
1 Tier 1 – The Concept & Nuance: Mandative Should & Subjunctive
You can use should after verbs like suggest, propose, recommend, insist, demand and adjectives like important, vital, essential, necessary.
– “It is essential that everyone should be on time.”
– “They insisted that we stay for dinner.”
2 Tier 2 – Suggest doing vs Suggest that someone (should) do
Never say suggest to do:
– “She suggested going to the cinema.” (suggest + -ing).
– “She suggested that we should go to the cinema.”
3 Tier 3 – Top 3 Common Learner Pitfalls
– Rule: Suggest is never followed by an infinitive with to (no suggest someone to do).
– Rule: Clauses after important that… take should + base verb or the subjunctive.
– Rule: Should in conditional clauses expressing slight chance takes the bare infinitive.
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