The Grammaring Guide to English Grammar with Exercises

Modals to express suggestions: SHOULD, COULD, MIGHT, SHALL

Should, could, might and shall are used to express suggestions:

Shouldn't

we

have

a pizza instead?

You

could talk

to your parents and

ask

them.

You

might consider

taking up meditation.

Shall

we

throw

a party sometime next week?

Might is often used with want or like to add politeness:

I thought you

might want/like to read

this.

May/might as well is often used in everyday conversation to suggest something when you can't think of anything better to do:

We

may as well call

it

off

.

You

might just as well order

it on the internet.

Quotes:

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. - Cyril Connolly