Three Step English - Practice #2 - How to Speculate in English - Practice

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

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Practice the use of the word should

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0:00.0	Do you know how to use should in English?
0:03.0	Welcome to three-step English practice by English Class 101.com.
0:08.0	In this lesson, you'll practice how to speculate with should.
0:12.0	Let's look at the main dialogue.
0:14.0	Steve Brown and Angela Adams are having a conversation.
0:18.0	So, you grew up around here?
0:20.0	Yeah, I'm a real New Yorker. You should know
0:23.4	this town better than anyone then. Here, Steve says should to make a speculative guess. No is the
0:32.6	bare infinitive which follows should. To describe the action, he guesses that she is able to do.
0:40.3	In this case, the action would be knowing the town.
0:44.3	Let's practice with this grammar more in this lesson.
0:48.3	Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
0:51.3	Ready?
0:52.3	The test should easy.
0:57.0	The test should easy.
1:02.0	Be. B. B. B.
1:16.6	The test should be easy.
1:19.6	The test should be easy.
1:22.6	B is the bare infinitive, while to be is the full infinitive form.
1:29.1	When forming speculative sentences with should, should is always followed by the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive form.
1:39.3	Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready?
1:44.7	You should Union Pizza.
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