Three Step English - Practice #2 - How to Speculate in English - Practice
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Do you know how to use should in English? Welcome to three-step English practice by EnglishClass101.com. In this lesson, you'll practice how to speculate with should. Let's look at the main dialogue. Steve Brown and Angela Adams are having a conversation. So, you grew up around here? Yeah, I'm a real New Yorker. You should know this town better than anyone then.

Here, Steve says should to make a speculative guess. Know is the bare infinitive which follows should. To describe the action, he guesses that she is able to do. In this case, the action would be knowing the town. Let's practice with this grammar more in this lesson. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The test should... Easy. The test should...

Easy. B. B. The test should be easy. The test should be easy. B is the bare infinitive, while to be is the full infinitive form. When forming speculative sentences with should, should is always followed by the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive form. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? You should...

Union pizza. You should union pizza. Love. Love. You should love union pizza. You should love union pizza. Love is the bare infinitive form, so we use this after should. Loving is the gerund, and we would use it if we were actively performing that action. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? Everybody should...

At the restaurant already. Everybody should... At the restaurant already. Be. Be. Everybody should be at the restaurant already. Everybody should be at the restaurant already. Here, the sentence is in present tense, so the answer is be again. Been is only used for talking about things in the past tense. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready?

If you like pizza, you should liked or like this place. Like is used here because the sentence is in the present tense.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? It shouldn't be or to be too hard to find the restaurant. It shouldn't be or to be too hard to find the restaurant. Be, be. It shouldn't be too hard to find the restaurant. It shouldn't be too hard to find the restaurant. Be is used here because it is the bare infinitive form.

Unscramble the words to make a sentence. Dinner. Dinner should. Dinner should be. Dinner should be ready. Dinner should be ready soon. Dinner should be ready soon. Unscramble the words to make a sentence. Everybody.

Everybody should be at the restaurant already. Everybody should be at the restaurant already.

Listen to what I say. Can you match the bare infinitive in the sentence to the full infinitive here? Let's start. This project shouldn't take too long. Listen one more time. This project shouldn't take too long. Did you hear take? The full infinitive form of take is to take. How about, this problem shouldn't be too hard to solve for you. Let's listen one more time. This problem shouldn't be too hard to solve for you.

Did you hear be? The full infinitive form of be is to be. Next. The train should arrive soon. One more time. The train should arrive soon. Did you hear arrive? The full infinitive form of arrive is to arrive. Next. If you live here, you should find it easily. One more time. If you live here, you should find it easily.

Did you hear "find"? The full infinitive form of "find" is "to find". And, "If you liked this movie, you should like the sequel too." One more time. "If you liked this movie, you should like the sequel too." Did you hear "like"? The full infinitive form of "like" is "to like". Now you know more about how to speculate in English.