Original teaching practice. Read one pattern, cover its model and try the questions before checking the separate answer section. Examples adapted from Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning, CC BY-NC-SA) retain the course-reference provenance.
should应该 / should该 (should, ought to)
A hot day out
- Your friend is going hiking at noon in 35 degrees with one small bottle of water.
- you你should应该多带a bit一点water水。 — "You should take some more water."
should应该 / should该 + Verb
- should应该 + Verb = "should, ought to": advice or duty. should该 is the shorter, spoken form.
- Negative: not不should应该 = "shouldn't": you你not不should应该这么晚to go to bed睡觉.
you你not不should应该so这么late晚go to bed睡觉。
It is time to …
- should该 + Verb + (completed / change)了 = "it's time to …": 十二点(completed / change)了，I / me我should该to walk走(completed / change)了。 — "It's twelve; I should be going."
- should该 + person + Verb = "it's someone's turn": should该you你(completed / change)了 — "Your turn."
twelve o'clock十二点了，I我should该go走了。
Form and position
- should应该 goes after the subject and before the verb: you你should应该rest休息, not should应该you你rest休息 (unless you mean "it's your turn").
- Put not不 before should应该 to say "shouldn't": you你not不should应该to go去, not you你should应该不去.
should应该 for "probably"
- should应该 can also be a confident guess: he / him他should应该already已经perfect到家(completed / change)了。 — "He should be home by now."
- Context tells you which one: advice to a person, or a guess about a situation.
he他should应该already已经arrive到home家了。
Recap
- should应该 / should该 + Verb = should; not不should应该 = shouldn't.
- should该…(completed / change)了 = it's time to …; should该you你(completed / change)了 = your turn; should应该 can also mean "probably".
Practise this pattern step by step.
Practice without the models
should应该 / should该 (should, ought to)
0304.1 Advise: “You should see a doctor.” you你…………to go去to see看doctor医生。
0304.2 What does should该you你(completed / change)了 mean?
- A. It's your turn.
- B. You should be careful.
- C. You've arrived.
- D. You're probably right.
0304.3 Build: “It's twelve; I should be going.”
Arrange all chunks: ， / to walk走(completed / change)了。 / 十二点(completed / change)了 / 我该
0304.4 In he / him他should应该already已经perfect到家(completed / change)了, should应该 is advice to him.
True or false? Explain or repair the statement.
0304.5 Your friend is going hiking at noon in 35 degrees with one small bottle of water. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
Write or say your own response before reading the key.
Answers and explanations
should应该 / should该 (should, ought to)
0304.1 should应该
should应该 + verb gives advice.
0304.2 A. It's your turn.
should该 + person = it's that person's turn.
0304.3 十二点(completed / change)了，I / me我should该to walk走(completed / change)了。
should该 + verb + (completed / change)了 = it's time to.
0304.4 False.
Here should应该 is a confident guess: “he should be home by now.”
0304.5 One possible response: you你should应该多带a bit一点water水。
Check meaning and form:
- My response conveys a message that fits the opening situation.
- I can explain the meaning of the pattern, rather than only naming it.
- should应该 goes after the subject and before the verb: you你should应该rest休息, not should应该you你rest休息 (unless you mean "it's your turn").
- Put not不 before should应该 to say "shouldn't": you你not不should应该to go去, not you你should应该不去.
- I tried a second response with a name, time, place, or description changed.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.