If you have the chance to read this, Diana, best wishes for your son, I hope he gets well as soon as possible.

This week we have focused mainly on the modal verb should and we have practiced giving advice.

On Monday we listened to a "radio programme" called What's the Problem? 3 people call the Programme to talk about their problem and ask for advice. This particular programme is about problems with friends. The first person who calls talks about a friend who is mean. They go out together and he never pays for his drinks but lets other people pay for them.
The 2nd person who calls talks about a friend who flirts with his girlfriend. And the third person, complains about  her flatmate and friend who borrows things from her without asking for her permission.
The way the programme work is that listeners are invited to write emails giving advice to the callers.

So we read the emails from 6 people and discussed their opinions saying weather we agreed with their advice or not. Students also said what they would do if they had the problems the callers had.

How do we use the modal should ? Well, it is quite simple.

Same as will or would:

He should talk to his girlfriend.

Should he talk to his girlfriend?

He shouldn't talk to his friend, but to his girlfriend.

Meaning of should:  something like it's a good idea: It is a good idea to talk to his girlfriend about it.

In the listening we also noticed that callers asked after talking about their problem: What should I do?

Yesterday, Wednesday, we practiced giving somebody advice. Students took a card with a problem, e.g. I forgot to buy a birthday present for my mother and the other student had to give her advice using either one of the following forms:

I think you should....
Why don't you...?
I think you must...

HOMEWORK
Besides some exercises on the sheets I gave out, students need to answer the questions:

1. What makes you angry? When was the last time you got really angry? Why?
2.When was the last time you got a present? What was it? Who was it from?
3.Who do you get on best in your family? Is there anybody you don't get on with?
4.What do you think is the best age to get married? Why?
5. Which problems in you country are getting better? Which are getting worse?

As you can see, in these question we use the verb get with different meanings. We'll talk about it in class.