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Unit
Exercises 35

35.1 Read the situations and write sentences with ’d better or ’d better not. Choose a verb from:
check disturb go put reserve take
1 You’re going out for a walk with a friend. It looks as if it might rain.
You say: We’d better take an umbrella.
2 You and Kate plan to go to a restaurant tonight. It will be busy.
You say to Kate: We a table.
3 Oliver has just cut himself. It’s bleeding and he’ll need a plaster on it.
You say to him: You on it.
4 Rebecca doesn’t look well this morning – not well enough to go to work.
You say to her: this morning.
5 You’re going to the cinema, but you’re not sure what time the film starts.
You say: the film starts.
6 You need to talk to your boss, but she’s very busy right now.
You say to a colleague: right now.
35.2 Is had better OK in these sentences? Change to should where necessary.
1 I have an appointment in ten minutes. I’d better go now or I’ll be late. OK
2 You’d better set your alarm. You have to get up early tomorrow.
3 I’m glad you came to see us. You’d better come more often.
4 She’ll be sad if we don’t invite her to the party, so we’d better invite her.
5 It’s nearly time to go out. I’d better get ready.
6 I think everybody had better learn a foreign language.
7 We’ve just missed the last bus. We’d better get a taxi.
35.3 Complete the sentences. Choose from the box.
1 It might rain. We’d better take an umbrella. better
2 Ben needs to know what happened. Somebody better tell him. do
3 We’d better park the car here. The road is too narrow. did
4 You brush your teeth at least twice a day. had
5 What are we going to do? It’s time decide. hadn’t
6 better not be late. It’s an important meeting. I’d
7 It’s time they here. They promised they wouldn’t be late. not
8 The window is open. You’d close it before you go out. to
9 We’d better leave as soon as possible, we? take
10 The government should something about the problem. should
11 It’s time the government something about the problem. was
12 It’s time something done about the problem. were

35.4 Read the situations and write sentences with It’s time (somebody did something).
1 You’re at a friend’s house. You planned to go home at 11 o’clock. It’s already 11 o’clock now.
(I / go) It’s time I went home.
2 You haven’t had a holiday for a very long time. You need one now.
(I / holiday) It’s time
3 It’s 10 o’clock. It’s after the children’s bedtime. You think they should be in bed.
(children / bed)
4 You didn’t realise it was so late. You need to start cooking dinner.
(start / cook) dinner.
5 Kate is always complaining about everything. You think she complains too much.
(stop / complaining) about everything.
6 The company you work for has been badly managed for a long time. You think some changes should
be made.
(changes / make) in the way the company is run.

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