Use of should: We use should to say something that is the proper or the best thing to do or to say that someone ought to do something or must do something.
Should is an auxiliary verb – a modal auxiliary verb. We use should mainly to:
- give advice or make recommendations
- talk about obligation
- talk about probability and expectation
- express the conditional mood
- replace a subjunctive structure
Structure of should
The basic structure for should is:
subject + should + main verb
have + past participle (He should have gone.)
be + -ing (He should be going.)
| subject | auxiliary should | not | main verb base | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | He | should | go. | |
| – | You | should | not | eat. |
| ? | Should | we | help? |
Use of should for advice in the present
- You should not take risks. यू शुड नॉट् टेक रिस्क। (आपको जोखिम नही उठाना चाहिए।)
- Should they accept their mistake?
- We should not go there alone.
- Police should arrest the thief.
- Should I solve all the questions?
- Should they follow the rules?
Use of should for advice in the past
- You should not have used my mobile. यू शुड नॉट् हैव यूज्ड माई मोबाइल (आपको मेरा मोबाइल इस्तेमाल नही करना चाहिए था।)
- They should not have gambled.
- Your mother should have taken her medicine on time.
- Should they have practiced daily?
- Should he have deleted some files?
- Should we have donated blood?
Use of should for possibility in the present
- She should be in sector 10. शी शुड बी इन सेक्टर टैन. (उसे सेक्टर दस में होना चाहिए।)
- She should be in the temple.
- He should be in his car.
Use of should for possibility in the past
- He should have been in party. ही शुड हैव बीन इन पाटि. (उसे पाटी में होना चाहिए था।)
- Ravi should have been in his friend’s marriage.
- Our team should have been on the ground.
Other use of should
- I should go home now.
- You should see the new James Bond movie. It’s great!
- You should try to lose weight.
- Vivek should get a haircut.
- There shouldn’t be many people at the beach today.
- He shouldn’t smoke. And he should stop drinking too.
- Should you be driving so fast?
- What should I wear?
- They should make that illegal.
- There should be a law against that.
- People should worry more about global warming.
