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Pay attention to form, time and tone.","Had Better: Practise Forms and Warning Tone","Practise had better in gap-fill sentences about everyday problems, plans and requests, choosing correct forms and recognising advice and warning tones.",0,"word_select",[13,35,53,71,90,109,128,147,166,185,202,221,240,259,278],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":16,"exampleSentence":17,"blanks":18},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7a01-a178-10ea7c2264ea","The soup is very hot. You had better __1__ a minute before you taste it.","Had better takes the base form without to: wait. The hot soup gives a specific reason for the advice.","Before you open that box, you had better read the label.",[19],{"id":20,"blankNumber":21,"options":22},"01a0e1ab-daa5-79ad-a178-10ea7c005c2e",1,[23,27,31],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa5-790d-a178-10ea79c34668","to wait",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7955-a178-10ea7a7ee0a0","wait",true,{"id":32,"optionText":33,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7981-a178-10ea7b0fc79a","waiting",2,{"id":36,"sentenceTemplate":37,"displayOrder":21,"explanation":38,"exampleSentence":39,"blanks":40},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7afd-a178-10ea7ec9c180","Maya has an important interview tomorrow. She __1__ prepare tonight.","Had better stays the same with every subject, including she. Neither has better nor have better is the advice structure.","The children had better finish lunch before their taxi arrives.",[41],{"id":42,"blankNumber":21,"options":43},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7ac5-a178-10ea7e958ffc",[44,47,50],{"id":45,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7a5d-a178-10ea7ca3220c","has better",{"id":48,"optionText":49,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7a85-a178-10ea7d9eb593","have better",{"id":51,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7aa5-a178-10ea7e6cc2c2","had better",{"id":54,"sentenceTemplate":55,"displayOrder":34,"explanation":56,"exampleSentence":57,"blanks":58},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7c25-a178-10ea80c8df29","The restaurant gets busy. They __1__ better book a table before Friday.","The full form is they had better. In the conversational contraction they’d better, ’d stands for had.","We’d better reserve seats means we had better reserve seats.",[59],{"id":60,"blankNumber":21,"options":61},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7bad-a178-10ea8055ac6b",[62,65,68],{"id":63,"optionText":64,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7b45-a178-10ea7f59ac5c","had",{"id":66,"optionText":67,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7b69-a178-10ea7f98054e","have",{"id":69,"optionText":70,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7b89-a178-10ea7fc8865b","has",{"id":72,"sentenceTemplate":73,"displayOrder":74,"explanation":75,"exampleSentence":76,"blanks":77},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7e21-a178-10ea830e9a11","The guests will be here in ten minutes. We’d better __1__ ready when they arrive.",3,"Even with we, had better takes the base form be. It does not take are or to be.","You had better be careful with those glasses.",[78],{"id":79,"blankNumber":21,"options":80},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7da1-a178-10ea82cabb42",[81,84,87],{"id":82,"optionText":83,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7cb1-a178-10ea816aefcc","are",{"id":85,"optionText":86,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7d1d-a178-10ea82218a45","to be",{"id":88,"optionText":89,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7d61-a178-10ea82c64692","be",{"id":91,"sentenceTemplate":92,"displayOrder":93,"explanation":94,"exampleSentence":95,"blanks":96},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7057-8bd5-4d2fb30aadc9","Dad cannot use the stairs. This old lift had better __1__ today.",4,"Had better takes the base form work, even with a singular thing as subject. Here it expresses a strong expectation.","The heating had better come on soon; everyone is cold.",[97],{"id":98,"blankNumber":21,"options":99},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7f85-a178-10ea84345dd0",[100,103,106],{"id":101,"optionText":102,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7eb9-a178-10ea83153a45","works",{"id":104,"optionText":105,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7f01-a178-10ea8388ca03","work",{"id":107,"optionText":108,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa5-7f45-a178-10ea83a749be","to work",{"id":110,"sentenceTemplate":111,"displayOrder":112,"explanation":113,"exampleSentence":114,"blanks":115},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7243-8bd5-4d2fb5ebc924","That dog looks frightened. You __1__ touch it.",5,"For negative advice, put not after better. The frightened dog is the reason to avoid touching it; do not is not used to form this negative.","With the baby asleep, we’d better not make much noise.",[116],{"id":117,"blankNumber":21,"options":118},"01a0e1ab-daa6-71c3-8bd5-4d2fb4f25db0",[119,122,125],{"id":120,"optionText":121,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-70eb-8bd5-4d2fb4008bf8","had better not",{"id":123,"optionText":124,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-712f-8bd5-4d2fb4d37542","had not better",{"id":126,"optionText":127,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-717f-8bd5-4d2fb4ed37ce","do not better",{"id":129,"sentenceTemplate":130,"displayOrder":131,"explanation":132,"exampleSentence":133,"blanks":134},"01a0e1ab-daa6-748f-8bd5-4d2fb7fa9c63","Leo has hurt his foot. He __1__ on it until he gets medical advice.",6,"Use had better not followed by the base form walk. He does not require does, and the verb must not have to.","I’d better not lift that heavy bag while my back hurts.",[135],{"id":136,"blankNumber":21,"options":137},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7407-8bd5-4d2fb76b5400",[138,141,144],{"id":139,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-72e3-8bd5-4d2fb6a4c0e2","does not better walk",{"id":142,"optionText":143,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7327-8bd5-4d2fb6c4901e","had better not to walk",{"id":145,"optionText":146,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-73bb-8bd5-4d2fb6daa6a3","had better not walk",{"id":148,"sentenceTemplate":149,"displayOrder":150,"explanation":151,"exampleSentence":152,"blanks":153},"01a0e1ab-daa6-76a7-8bd5-4d2fb9951547","Someone could trip over your bag. You’d better __1__ it now.",7,"Use the base form move after ’d better. The advice concerns a current problem; had does not require a past-tense main verb.","The screen is too bright. You’d better turn it down.",[154],{"id":155,"blankNumber":21,"options":156},"01a0e1ab-daa6-762b-8bd5-4d2fb96b453c",[157,160,163],{"id":158,"optionText":159,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7527-8bd5-4d2fb848384a","move",{"id":161,"optionText":162,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7577-8bd5-4d2fb8db413f","moved",{"id":164,"optionText":165,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-75cb-8bd5-4d2fb9182f0e","moving",{"id":167,"sentenceTemplate":168,"displayOrder":169,"explanation":170,"exampleSentence":171,"blanks":172},"01a0e1ab-daa6-781b-8bd5-4d2fbcce3d3a","The shops close early this evening. We’d better __1__ food before six.",8,"Had better takes the base form buy for future advice too. Neither the past form bought nor to buy fits after better.","You’d better pack a warm jumper for next weekend.",[173],{"id":174,"blankNumber":21,"options":175},"01a0e1ab-daa6-77bf-8bd5-4d2fbc4802cb",[176,179,182],{"id":177,"optionText":178,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-771f-8bd5-4d2fba295c0a","bought",{"id":180,"optionText":181,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7753-8bd5-4d2fbad55cec","to buy",{"id":183,"optionText":184,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7783-8bd5-4d2fbb489e48","buy",{"id":186,"sentenceTemplate":187,"displayOrder":188,"explanation":189,"exampleSentence":190,"blanks":191},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7983-8bd5-4d2fbea38753","Nora slipped on yesterday’s walk because her shoes had no grip. She should __1__ worn boots.",9,"For advice about a completed past action, use should have plus the past participle. After should, the auxiliary must be the base form have.","We should have checked the weather before yesterday’s picnic.",[192],{"id":193,"blankNumber":21,"options":194},"01a0e1ab-daa6-792b-8bd5-4d2fbea2aa5b",[195,197,199],{"id":196,"optionText":64,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-788f-8bd5-4d2fbd7b5034",{"id":198,"optionText":67,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-78c7-8bd5-4d2fbdedc9a5",{"id":200,"optionText":201,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-78f7-8bd5-4d2fbe9f719b","having",{"id":203,"sentenceTemplate":204,"displayOrder":205,"explanation":206,"exampleSentence":207,"blanks":208},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7aeb-8bd5-4d2fc16fa508","You’d better __1__ your ticket, or you won’t be able to get back in.",10,"Had better requires the base form keep. The or-clause states the possible problem that makes this strong advice necessary.","We had better cover the chairs, or the paint will get on them.",[209],{"id":210,"blankNumber":21,"options":211},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7a8b-8bd5-4d2fc0de9229",[212,215,218],{"id":213,"optionText":214,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-79ef-8bd5-4d2fbf230ed7","keep",{"id":216,"optionText":217,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7a27-8bd5-4d2fbf7eef33","kept",{"id":219,"optionText":220,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7a5b-8bd5-4d2fc027add3","keeping",{"id":222,"sentenceTemplate":223,"displayOrder":224,"explanation":225,"exampleSentence":226,"blanks":227},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7c73-8bd5-4d2fc4aa9a35","Two friends see dark clouds above their picnic. One says, “We’d better go indoors.” The speaker can leave the possible problem unstated because __1__.",11,"The clouds make the risk clear without an or-clause. Had better can give complete advice without stating a consequence or a deadline.","Noticing that her phone is getting hot, Jo says, “I’d better switch it off.”",[228],{"id":229,"blankNumber":21,"options":230},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7c07-8bd5-4d2fc40c8d21",[231,234,237],{"id":232,"optionText":233,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7b67-8bd5-4d2fc246a802","had better always means there is no real risk",{"id":235,"optionText":236,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7b9f-8bd5-4d2fc2b99397","had better only needs a consequence when a deadline is given",{"id":238,"optionText":239,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7bd7-8bd5-4d2fc38517a4","the situation already makes the risk clear",{"id":241,"sentenceTemplate":242,"displayOrder":243,"explanation":244,"exampleSentence":245,"blanks":246},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7dff-8bd5-4d2fc65f59a4","Compare “You should check the time” with “You’d better check the time.” Both can fit a particular situation, but the second usually sounds __1__.",12,"Had better usually makes a possible problem feel more immediate. Should can also give specific advice, so the contrast is strength and tone, not simply correctness.","“You should rest” is softer advice than “You’d better rest.”",[247],{"id":248,"blankNumber":21,"options":249},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7d9b-8bd5-4d2fc62c1f77",[250,253,256],{"id":251,"optionText":252,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7ceb-8bd5-4d2fc4d29407","softer and less urgent",{"id":254,"optionText":255,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7d2f-8bd5-4d2fc4e62812","like advice about the past",{"id":257,"optionText":258,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7d67-8bd5-4d2fc5666c15","stronger, with a possible problem in mind",{"id":260,"sentenceTemplate":261,"displayOrder":262,"explanation":263,"exampleSentence":264,"blanks":265},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7f8f-8bd5-4d2fc849ef29","“Those glasses are easy to break. You’d better __1__ them,” the owner warned.",13,"Put not after better and use the base form drop. Said as a warning, you’d better not can sound like an order or a threat.","“You’d better not damage my bike!” can sound threatening when shouted.",[266],{"id":267,"blankNumber":21,"options":268},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7f2b-8bd5-4d2fc8393331",[269,272,275],{"id":270,"optionText":271,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7e7b-8bd5-4d2fc67f5369","not to drop",{"id":273,"optionText":274,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7ebf-8bd5-4d2fc6e4cb3b","not drop",{"id":276,"optionText":277,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa6-7ef7-8bd5-4d2fc7dcb0d1","don’t drop",{"id":279,"sentenceTemplate":280,"displayOrder":281,"explanation":282,"exampleSentence":283,"blanks":284},"01a0e1ab-daa7-718e-a37d-5290d4e63443","At a café, you want to make an ordinary polite request rather than give strong advice or a warning. Choose your words: “__1__”",14,"Could you asks politely for someone to do something. You had better and you’d better give strong advice or a warning, even when please is added.","Could you hold the door for me, please?",[285],{"id":286,"blankNumber":21,"options":287},"01a0e1ab-daa7-7126-a37d-5290d40fba17",[288,291,294],{"id":289,"optionText":290,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-daa7-7066-a37d-5290d217c6df","Could you pass me the menu, please?",{"id":292,"optionText":293,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-daa7-70b2-a37d-5290d2c393ed","You had better pass me the menu, please.",{"id":295,"optionText":296,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-daa7-70ee-a37d-5290d32883cd","You’d better pass me the menu, please.","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_61ed986c-5c15-4752-991c-81163e1930cb_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":299,"slug":300,"language":301,"level":302},"Had Better: Advice and Warnings","had-better-advice-and-warnings","en","B1"]