Giving Advice Grammar Worksheet: Should / Shouldn't

Student Task

• Introduce the rule box as a class, writing the two example sentences on the board and asking students to identify the base verb. Complete the first exercise together as guided practice, then let students work independently or in pairs on the remaining exercises. The case-study section at the end works well as a lead-in to the Health Advice Role-Play speaking activity, since it uses similar short scenarios.

Classroom Use

• Split the class into pairs and give each pair one of the case studies from the worksheet. Pairs prepare their two pieces of advice, then perform a short "advice hotline" role-play for the class, with one student as the caller and one as the advice-giver.

Differentiation

Support: Provide the sentence frame "You should/shouldn't ___ because ___" for the case-study section, and allow students to complete only two of the three case studies.
On-Level: Students complete all four exercises as designed.
Challenge: Ask students to add a reason with "because" to every case-study sentence, or to write a third, original case study of their own to swap with a partner.

Answer Key & Assessment

Mark the fixed-answer sections (circling, completion, transformation) against the answer key. For the case-study section, check that each student produces one correct should sentence and one correct shouldn't sentence that respond sensibly to the situation described.

Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to identify should and shouldn't in context.
• Students will be able to complete sentences correctly using should/shouldn't and a base verb.
• Students will be able to transform a stated problem into a piece of should/shouldn't advice.
• Students will be able to generate original advice for a given scenario using both should and shouldn't.

Teacher Tips

When checking the "Turn the Problem into Advice" section, accept any grammatically correct advice that responds sensibly to the problem — there is often more than one reasonable answer, and rewarding valid alternatives keeps students confident about producing their own language.

What's Included

• 3-page student worksheet
• Editable DOCX version
• Print-ready PDF version
• Separate answer key (DOCX and PDF)

Additional Files

• Giving Advice Grammar Worksheet.docx (DOCX)
• Answer Key (Printable) (PDF)

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