Had Better Rules
Look at this sentence:
You had better call your mom. It's her birthday!
What is the structure?
A) Subject + had better + base form of the verb
B) Subject + had better + noun (or pronoun) + to-infinitive
A) Subject + had better + base form of the verb
Maybe you should start saying no to people if you want to have time for yourself.
You had better start saying no to people if you want to have time for yourself.
Look at the example:
"It's time for us to go."
What is the structure?
A) Subject + it's time + base form of the verb
B) It's time + for + noun (or pronoun) + to-infinitive
"It's time for us to go."
B) It's time + for + noun (or pronoun) + to-infinitive
You ought to stop avoiding conflicts
It's time you stopped avoiding conflicts.
The phrase "had better" is used when you want to give advice or say that there is a good or practical reason to do something.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
You should consider setting boundaries to improve your relationships.
You had better consider setting boundaries to improve your relationships.
Look at the example:
"It's time for us to go."
When you use "it's time" you're saying that something should happen sometime in the future.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE!
When you use "it's time" you're saying that something should happen now or very soon.
It would be good for you to focus on your own needs.
It's time you focused on your own needs.
Look at this sentence:
"We had better leave if we want to catch the train."
HAD BETTER --> does it talk about:
A) the past
B) the present
C) the future
Even though it has the word "had," this phrase talks about the present or future, not the past!
Maybe you should let go of the need for everyone to like you
You had better let go of the need for everyone to like you
"It's time we went home."
Why is "went" but not "go"? Is it in the past?
A) Yes, because ...
B) No, because ...
No!
Don't let the past tense fool you! We use it to talk about the present or near future, in this case, like you do after “I wish” or “If” in the second conditional.
Perhaps you should care less about what everyone thinks of you.
It's time you cared less about what everyone thinks of you.
Look at this sentence:
"We had better leave if we want to catch the train."
When we say it fast, what changes in this sentence?
"We'd better leave if we wanna catch the train."
Write your team's "had better" sentence.
Give a piece of advice to people pleasers.
We think people pleasers had better ...
Teams own responses
Write your team's "it's time" sentence.
Give a piece of advice to people pleasers.
We think it's time people pleasers ...
Teams' own responses