4. Should 5. Ought to

Exercise 72

2. h	4. f	6. g	8. a	10. e
3. b	5. i	7. d	9. j

Exercise 73

3. You ought to 4. You ought not to 5. You ought not to 6. You ought to

7. You ought not to 8. You ought to 9. You ought not to 10. You ought to

Exercise 75

3. should have got home earlier.

4. We should have read the instructions carefully.

5. You shouldn’t have spent so much money.

6. You should have told me you were coming.

7. They shouldn’t have made such a noise.

8. John should have paid his bill./ John shouldn’t have left the restaurant without paying his bill.

9. Jack should have explained what he was doing.

10. You should have sent Mary a birthday card.

1. You ought to have phoned.

2. They oughtn’t to have made such a mess.

3. I ought to have got home earlier.

4. We ought to have read the instruc­tions carefully.

5. You oughtn’t to have spent so much money.

Exercise 76

3. ought to be / should be an exciting game. 4. should be / ought to be a comfortable trip.

5. ought to be / should be a nice day.

6. should be / ought to be very profitable.

7. ought to be / should be nice and quiet.

Exercise 77

2. You ought to/might/could/should ask me before you borrow my favourite CD next

time.

3. You ought to/might/could/should get up early/earlier.

4. You ought to/might/could/should replace my scarf next time you borrow it.

5. You ought to/might/could/should have called me.

6. You ought to/might/could/should have reported it to the police

Exercise 78

1. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. 2. I think you ought to show some respect for your elders. 3. I thought you ought to know about it. 4. Now I’ve upset her. I shouldn’t have said that. 5. “Have I said something I shouldn’t have?” he asked his mother. 6. You shouldn’t ask questions like that. 7. Well, you were right. I shouldn’t have done it that way. 8. What do you think I ought to do? 9. I’ve been more frank with you than I should have been. 10. I said she should never have come with him at all. 11. But you should not be so critical at your age, Frank. 12. “Ann is my sister.” “I ought to (should) have guessed. You take after her.” 13. She ought to (should) have remembered about it earlier. 14. I want to do what I shouldn’t do.

Exercise 79

2. I think smoking should be banned in restaurants.

3. I don’t think you should go out this evening.

4. I think the government should resign.

Exercise 80

3. should come 4. should do 5. should have done 6. should win

7. should have won 8. should be 9. should have arrived

Exercise 81

3. We should have reserved a table.

4. The shop should be open. / The shop should have opened by now.

5. She shouldn’t be driving so fast. or She shouldn’t be doing 50 miles an hour.

6. You should have come to see me.

7. The driver in front shouldn’t have stopped without warning.

8. I should have been looking where I was going, or I should have looked where I was going.

Exercise 82

1. should or must: ‘must’ gives a stronger recommendation

2. must

3. must

4. should or must: ‘must’ gives stronger advice and is perhaps more likely than ‘should’ in this context

5. should or must: ‘must’ gives a stronger recommendation

6. must

(2,3 and 6 include logical conclusions, so we use ‘must’, not ‘should’)

Exercise 84

1. Well, I thought it was too absurd that we should live next door and not speak. 2. How strange that he should have said nothing about it. 3. It was very improbable that John should be so busy that he had no time in the whole week to see her. 4. There was no reason why they should not be there. 5. “What is his name?” “Why should I tell you?” 6. I'm sorry that you should think so badly of me. 7. I don’t know why he should want to see George. 8. It was strange that at her age she should be so indifferent to parties. 9. Still Rosemary did not see why she should go.10. “There’s no objection to my seeing him, is there?” “Why should there be?” 11. I’m sorry that my brother should be respo­nsible for this. 12. How did you happen to bring him with you? Why should he have wanted to come here? 13. He was pleased that Kate should have called the child after him. 14. What can have happened to him? I can’t think why he should be so late. 15. It’s funny that her instinct should have been so right. 16. He seemed flattered that someone should want to read something he had written.17. It made me angry that he should be so weak-willed. 18. She began to tell her husband about Ted, but soon she stopped and said: “But I don’t know why I should bore you with these stories about Ted.”

Exercise 85

1. can’t have done

2. may/might/could have left

3. needn’t have called me

4. may/might/could be

5. can’t/couldn’t have been counted

6. mustn’t/can’t take

7. must be preparing

8. didn’t need to reserve

9. could/should/ought to/might have told

10. have to pay

11. may be on

12. ought to have cleaned up