The document provides advice on whether a student named Jamie should go on holiday to Mexico with friends. It also includes two other scenarios asking for advice: whether Nick should follow his girlfriend to London for her job or stay in his current job, and whether Jane should still go on a planned holiday if her friend Susan invites another friend, Angie, that Jane does not know. The expert's advice for each scenario is: 1) Let Jamie go but discuss rent payments when he returns, 2) Nick and his girlfriend should discuss their future plans together, and 3) Jane should try to get to know Angie first and decide if she wants to still go based on if she likes Angie or not.

1. English file Pre-
Intermediate
Unit 8A – Should

3. • If you have a problem, who do you usually ask
for help from? Why?
• When did you last have a problem and needed
help? How did you solve it?
• Who has given you the best advice in your
life? A friend? Or a family member?
• Have you ever searched online for the
solution to a problem? Did you manage to find
any useful advice?

8. b: She should
think hard
about what kind
of man she
really wants to
be with before
making a
decision.

9. 2. No
3. Add not / n’t for negatives; Should +
subject + infinitive for questions.

12. shouldn’t
should
should
shouldn’t
should
should
should
shouldn’t

13. should wear
should study
should book
shouldn’t be
should relax
shouldn’t drive
should spend
shouldn’t buy

16. /ʊ/ is short
/uː/ is long
The l isn’t pronounced in should and would.

17. book
cool
could
flew
food
look
lose
pull
push
shoes
school

20. • Their son, Jamie, wants to go on holiday to
Mexico with some friends.
• Annabel and Peter, his parents, don’t think he
should go.
• They think he should save his money, so he can
get his own place to live.

22. c – The expert’s advice is to let Jamie go on holiday, but talk
to him about paying rent when he gets back.

23. Nick’s girlfriend wants to move to London to get a better job, but
he has a good job and doesn’t know if he should follow her or not.
a – The expert’s advice is for Nick and his girlfriend to sit down and
discuss their future. If they want the same thing, then Nick’s
girlfriend should move to London and he can visit.

24. Jane has planned a holiday with her friend Susan and is really looking forward to
it. However, Susan has now invited another friend, Angie. Jane doesn’t know Angie
and doesn’t want to go on holiday with her.
b – The expert’s advice is to try to get to know Angie first. If Miriam likes her,
then the holiday will be a success. If not, then she should tell her friend Susan she
isn’t going.

26. c
a
b

29. 1. get nervous
2. get
married
3. get
divorced
4. get lost
5. get fit
6. get ready
7. get angry
8. get colder
9. get better
/ get worse

30. 10. get a ticket
11. get a job
12. get a newspaper
13. get on with somebody
14. get up
15. get on a bus
16. get into a car
17. get to work
18. get home
19. get to school
20. get a present
21. get an email
22. get a prize