Had better – It’s time ___

Exercise 1 

Read the situations and write sentences with had better or had better not. Use the words in brackets.

1) You're going out for a walk with Tom. It looks as if it might rain. You say to Tom:

     (an umbrella)  We ________

2) Oliver has just cut himself. Ifs a bad cut. You say to him:

     (a plaster)  ________

3) You and Kate plan to go to a restaurant this evening. Ifs a popular restaurant. You say to Kate:

     (reserve)  We ________

4) Rebecca doesn't look very well this morning- not well enough to go to work. You say to her:

     (work)   ________

5) You received your phone bill four weeks ago, but you haven't paid it yet. If you don't pay soon, you could be in trouble. You say to yourself:

     (pay)   ________

6) You want to ask your boss something, but he's very busy and you know he doesn't like to be disturbed. You say to a colleague:

     (disturb)   I ________

Exercise 2 

Put in hadbetter where suitable. If hadbetter is not suitable, use should .

1) I have an appointment in ten minutes. I ________ go now or I'll be late.

2) It's a great film. You ________ go and see it. You'll really like it.

3) You ________ set your alarm. You'll never wake up on time if you don't.

4) When people are driving, they ________ keep their eyes on the road.

5) I'm glad you came to see us. You ________ come more often.

6) She'll be upset if we don't invite her to the party, so we ________ invite her.

7) These biscuits are delicious. You ________ try one.

8) I think everybody ________ learn a foreign language.

Exercise 3 

Complete the sentences. Sometimes you need only one word, sometimes two.

1) a   I have a toothache. I'd better ________ to the dentist.

   b   John is expecting you to phone him. You ________ better phone him now.

   c   'Shall I leave the window open?' 'No, you'd better ________ it.'

   d   We'd better leave as soon as possible, ________ we?

2) a   It's time the government ________ something about the problem.

   b   It's time something ________ about the problem.

   c   I think it's about time you ________ about other people instead of only thinking about yourself.

Exercise 4

Read the situations and write sentences with It's time (somebody did something).

1) You think the oil in the car needs to be changed. It hasn't been changed for a long time.

     It’s time we ________

2) You haven't had a holiday for a very long time. You need one now.

     It's time I ________

3) You're sitting on a train waiting for it to leave the station. It's already five minutes late.

     ________

4) You enjoy having parties. You haven't had one for a long time.

     ________

5) The company you work for has been badly managed for a long time. You think some changes should be made.

     ________

6) Andrew has been doing the same job for the last ten years. He should try something else.

     ________