👩‍🏫 For Teachers

• Use this 12-minute guide for warm-up or quick review in class.
• Monitor student progress to check their understanding and have pairs read the dialogues aloud.

🧑‍🎓 For Learners

• Read the rules table carefully before starting your practice.
• Complete all 12 exercises in order to master giving advice and expressing preferences.

had better + base verb gives strong advice about a real problem, and the negative is had better not.

ought to + base verb gives milder advice or says what is right, and the negative is ought not to.

would rather + base verb (no to) shows a preference, and than introduces the other choice.

if I were you + would + base verb is a friendly way to give advice, and were is used for I.

1. Which sentence gives the correct strong advice to an honest friend?

(strongly)

____ a. An honest friend had better tell the truth. ____ b. An honest friend had better to tell the truth.

2. Which sentence correctly expresses a preference between a relative and a stranger?

(preference)

____ a. I would rather trust a loyal relative than believe a stranger. ____ b. I would rather trust a loyal relative to believe a stranger.

3. Which sentence correctly states what is right about not being selfish?

(duty)

____ a. We ought not to be selfish with our best friends. ____ b. We ought to not be selfish with our best friends.

4. Rewrite using ought to:

(advice)

Your sentence: ____ (Type your rewritten sentence here...)

5. Rewrite using had better not:

(warning)

Your sentence: ____ (Type your rewritten sentence here...)

6. Rewrite using would rather ... than:

(choice)

Your sentence: ____ (Type your rewritten sentence here...)

7. Complete the friendly advice for this couple:

(friendly)

8. Complete the urgent warning before friends clash:

(urgent)

9. State what is morally right to preserve trust:

(right)

Modern smartphone screen displaying friendly chat messages resolving an argument between loyal friends, clean graphic in

📱 Fixing Friendship Texts

Read the text messages below. Each message contains one grammatical error in the advice or preference structure. Type the corrected replacement word or phrase.

10. Fix the error in this message about feeling jealous:

(grammar)

💬 Text: "You would rather to talk to her than stay jealous."

Type the corrected word to replace to talk: ____ (correct word)

11. Fix the verb form error in this text about forgiveness:

(form)

💬 Text: "If I was you, I would call him tonight."

Type the corrected word to replace was: ____ (correct word)

12. Fix the negative word order error in this warning:

(negative)

💬 Text: "You had not better argue with a stranger."

Type the corrected phrase to replace had not better: ____ (correct phrase)