“Should” paling sering digunakan untuk membuat kalimat rekomendasi atau memberikan saran. “Should” juga dapat digunakan untuk membuat kalimat yang mengekspresikan kewajiban serta harapan.
contoh:
- When we go to Bali, we should visit the places in Gianyar. Recommendation
- Ketika Anda pergi ke Bali, Anda harus mengunjungi tempat di Gianyar. rekomendasi
- Mr. Owen should focus more on his family and less on hobby. Advice
- Mr. Owen harus lebih berfokus pada keluarga dan mengurangi fokus pada hobi.nasihat
- Denis really should be in the police office by 9:00 AM. Obligation
- Denis benar-benar harus berada di kantor polisi pada pukul 9:00 pagi. kewajiban
- By now, Margo should already be in Swiss. Expectation
- Sekarang, Margo seharusnya telah berada di Swiss. Harapan
Penggunaan “Should” dalam bentuk Present, bentuk Past, dan bentuk Future.
Kebanyakan modal verbs berperilaku tidak teratur pada kalimat bentuk lampau dan masa depan. Pelajari tabel di bawah ini untuk belajar bagaimana “Should” digunakan dalam konteks yang berbeda.
Cara Baca 1 = Present 2 = Past 3 = Future
| Modal | Bentuk Positif | Bentuk Negatif | Juga dapat menggunakan |
| should
recommendation, advisability
| 1. People in this town Mrs. July should eat more vegetables.
2. Mike should have eaten more vegetables. That might have prevented his heart attack.
3. David really should start eating vegetables.
| 1. July shouldn’t smoke so much. It’s not good for her children.
2. Mike shouldn’t have smoked so much. That’s what caused his lung problems.
3. David shouldn’t smoke when he visits Maria next month. Maria hates when people smoke in her shop.
| ought to |
| should
obligation
| Marsha should be at work before 8:00.
Marsha should return the book before the library closes.
Should dapat juga digunakan untuk mengekspresikan rekomendasi dan kewajiban.“Be supposed to”mengekspresikan ide yang sama dan dapat dengan mudah digunakan dalam bentuk kalimat lampau dan bentuk negatif.
| NO NEGATIVE FORMS | be supposed to |
| should
expectation
(British form)
| 1. Sinta should be in New Delhi by sunday.
2. Sinta should have arrived in New Delhi last month. Let’s visit her and see what she is doing.
3. Sinta should be in New Delhi by next month. Her show starts on friday.
| 1. Sinta shouldn’t be in New Delhi yet.
2. Sinta shouldn’t have arrived in New Delhi until yesterday morning.
3. Sinta shouldn’t arrive in New Delhi until
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