Question

1.3 Practice

Completa el siguiente ejercicio, que te permitirá comprender mejor el uso de la estructura presentada en el

apartado anterior.

Instruction: Fill in the blanks using had better or had better not depending on the context in the sentence.

Example:

People had better not throw garbage in the rivers. It is against the law.

You _______________ stop smoking. It is bad for your health.

Tell your brother, he _______________ work so hard. He could get sick.

You _____________ sleep 8 hours at least. Otherwise, you’ll get exhausted!

You ______________ eat between meals if you do not want to gain weight.

You _________ brush your teeth after every meal if you do not want to have any cavity in your teeth.​

Answer 1

Respuesta:

People had better not throw garbage in the rivers. It is against the law.

You had better  stop smoking. It is bad for your health.

Tell your brother, he had better not work so hard. He could get sick.

You had better sleep 8 hours at least. Otherwise, you’ll get exhausted!

You had better not eat between meals if you do not want to gain weight.

You had better  brush your teeth after every meal if you do not want to have any cavity in your teeth.

Explicación:

traduccion:

Es mejor que la gente no tire basura a los ríos. Va en contra de la ley.

Será mejor que dejes de fumar. Es malo para tu salud.

Dile a tu hermano que es mejor que no trabaje tanto. Podría enfermarse.

Será mejor que duermas al menos 8 horas. De lo contrario, ¡te cansarás!

Es mejor que no comas entre comidas si no quieres engordar.

Será mejor que te cepilles los dientes después de cada comida si no quieres tener ninguna caries en los dientes.