Advice

1. English file Pre-
Intermediate
Unit 8A – Should

2. • Lead in – photos showing people getting help (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – problems and solving them (10 mins)
• Reading – Dear Graham – checking vocabulary (5 mins)
• Reading – Dear Graham – discussing choices (5 mins)
• Listening – Dear Graham – what’s the advice? (5 mins)
• Grammar – should – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – should – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – should – exercises (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – What should they do? (5 mins)
• Funny letters to agony aunts quiz (10 mins) 65
• Pronunciation focus – different “u” sounds (10 mins)
• Listening practice – What should they do? – part 1 (5 mins)
• Listening practice – What should they do? – part 2 (5 mins)
• Listening practice – What should they do? – part 3 (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – different uses of get (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – different uses of get questions (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

4. • If you have a problem, who do you usually ask
for help from? Why?
• When did you last have a problem and needed
help? How did you solve it?
• Who has given you the best advice in your
life? A friend? Or a family member?
• Have you ever searched online for the
solution to a problem? Did you manage to find
any useful advice?

9. b: She should
think hard
about what kind
of man she
really wants to
be with before
making a
decision.

10. 2. No
3. Add not / n’t for negatives; Should +
subject + infinitive for questions.

13. shouldn’t
should
should
shouldn’t
should
should
should
shouldn’t

14. should wear
should study
should book
shouldn’t be
should relax
shouldn’t drive
should spend
shouldn’t buy

17. Dear Victoria,
My flatmate keeps borrowing my watches
without asking. I find this very annoying
(especially when it’s the Breitling, which
is really expensive. How can I stop him?
Victoria,
So you have a designer watch collection,
but you can’t afford to live alone? Are
you a burglar? If so, write me your
address and we can discuss things
privately. I might have work for you.
?
A) dealer
B) burglar
C) rich
person

18. ?
A) and your
point is?
B) forget to
put the
sugar in
C) make a bad
cup

19. A) an anime character
B) work colleague
C) a friend’s wife
?

20. Dear Deide,
My mum’s dog attacked our
postman. I tried to help him
then one thing led to another
and now I think I’m pregnant.
A) pregnant
B) in love
C) a post woman
?

22. A) criminal
B) witch
C) cheater
In the 1920s, a housewife asked if it was
wrong that she had asked her husband to
help with the washing up.
She was told by the magazine that she
was; "as wicked as a _________“ and was
failing in her job as a wife.
criminal

23. A) she was
serving
dinner
B) he was
reading the
newspaper
C) he was
getting
changed
In 1929, one young wife wrote to Modern Woman
magazine for advice. Her husband refused to say a
word during the a meal because the wife had spoken
while ................................................................
The agony aunt said “it was man's right to silence
during dinner”. His wife was in the wrong.
she was serving dinner.

25. • Their son, Jamie, wants to go on holiday to
Mexico with some friends.
• Annabel and Peter, his parents, don’t think he
should go.
• They think he should save his money, so he can
get his own place to live.

27. c – The expert’s advice is to let Jamie go on holiday, but talk
to him about paying rent when he gets back.

28. Nick’s girlfriend wants to move to London to get a better job, but
he has a good job and doesn’t know if he should follow her or not.
a – The expert’s advice is for Nick and his girlfriend to sit down and
discuss their future. If they want the same thing, then Nick’s
girlfriend should move to London and he can visit.

29. Jane has planned a holiday with her friend Susan and is really looking forward to
it. However, Susan has now invited another friend, Angie. Jane doesn’t know Angie
and doesn’t want to go on holiday with her.
b – The expert’s advice is to try to get to know Angie first. If Jane likes her, then
the holiday will be a success. If not, then she should tell her friend Susan she isn’t
going.

31. c
a
b

34. 1. get nervous
2. get
married
3. get
divorced
4. get lost
5. get fit
6. get ready
7. get angry
8. get colder
9. get better
/ get worse

35. 10. get a ticket
11. get a job
12. get a newspaper
13. get on with somebody
14. get up
15. get on a bus
16. get into a car
17. get to work
18. get home
19. get to school
20. get a present
21. get an email
22. get a prize

39. /ʊ/ is short
/uː/ is long
The l isn’t pronounced in should and would.

40. book
cool
could
flew
food
look
lose
pull
push
shoes
school

43. If you ............. , you should / shouldn’t
•live in the UK
•visit my country
•want to find a new job
•want to improve your English