.

1. Giving recommendations and opinions
Tag questions for opinions

2.  Cyclist should be required to wear a helmet.
 Pet owners shouldn´t be allowed to walk dogs without a leash.
 People ought to be required to end parties at midnight.

3.  Laws must be passed to control the noise form car alarms.
 People mustn´t be permitted to park motorcycles on the
sidewalks.
 A rule has to be made to require cycling lanes on city streets.
 Something has got to be done to stop littering

4.  We use should+ infinitive without to or ought to +
infinitive
when we think something is the right thing to do.
Example: People should pay to use the roads = People
ought to pay.
 We use shouldn´t (should not) or oughtn´t to (ought
not to) when we think something isn´t a good idea.
Example: We shouldn´t make so many cars= We oughtn
´t to make.

5. How do you feel about these issues? Complete the sentences
with a passive modal to show how you feel.
1. Pets________ to eat at the table. (allow)
2. Pets________ to ride in cars. (permit)
3. Pets________ to wear clothes (require)
4. People______ to keep unusual pets in their
apartments. (allow)
5. People______ to put their pets in cages.
(permit)
6. People______ to clean up after their pets
(require)

6. Affirmative statement + negative tag
Health insurance is really expensive, isn´t it?
There are lots of criminals in the city, aren´t there?
Graffiti makes everything look ugly, doesn´t it?
Colleges should provide day care, shouldn´t they?
Negative statement + affirmative tag
Child care isn´t cheap, is it?
There aren´t enough police, are there?
People don´t care about our city, do they?
You can´t find affordable child care, can you?

7. Add tag questions to these
statements.
 You cant escape advertising nowadays,..?
 There aren´t enough gun-control laws,…?
 Noise pollution is a major problem here,…?
 There are more and more homeless people on
the streets,…?
 The sales tax should be lowered,…?
 It isn´t easy to save money these days,…?

8. Make a Vocabulary Log. Write words or draw pictures to help you
remember.
 Social Issues
 Company downsizing
 Ethnic conflict
 Gender discrimination
 Graffiti
 Gun violence
 High sales tax
 Homelessness
 Illiteracy
 Inadequate health care
 Lack of affordable child care
 Noise pollution
 Stray animals
 Street crime
 Unemployment
*Classify the words in your
vocabulary log.
Write :
W for world problem,
N for National problem
C for community problem.
*Classify the words in your
vocabulary log.
Write :
W for world problem,
N for National problem
C for community problem.
*Rank the issues in your
vocabulary log from
1 (most serious) to 14 (least
serious)
*Rank the issues in your
vocabulary log from
1 (most serious) to 14 (least
serious)

9.  Bolton, D & Goodey, N
 English grammar in steps
 Richmond Publishing
 2003
 Richards, Jack C.
 Interchange Third Edition
 Cambridge University Press
 2005
 www.cartoonstock.com

10.  Bolton, D & Goodey, N
 English grammar in steps
 Richmond Publishing
 2003
 Richards, Jack C.
 Interchange Third Edition
 Cambridge University Press
 2005
 www.cartoonstock.com