Conditional Tense

Should / Should have

for giving advice or suggesting

EXAMPLES:  should

  1. If you want to speak fluently, you should practice speaking an hour a day.     (google translate)

  2. You shouldn't watch so much TV.   It is a waste of time.

  3. You should go out more and speak with people to improve your English.

  4. Should I study English or Chinese for a career in International Business?

  5. You shouldn't speak loudly when you are in public.​
EXAMPLES:   should have

  1. I should have studied Chinese instead of English at the university.

  2. You should have listened to me when I told you to go abroad to learn English.    (google translate)  

  3. Roger shouldn't have gotten into an argument with his Boss. 

  4. Should I have asked her about her accounting problems with the Singapore branch?

  5. Should you have worked studied harder before the test?  I think so!