Section outline

  • Use of modal verb 'ought to':
    To express Examples
    Advice or recommendation  You ought to exercise every day to remain healthy.
    Moral obligation or duty You ought to help the poor and needy.
    Probability She ought to get promotion this year.
    Expectation  The bus ought to arrive on time.
    Polite suggestion You ought to try the new pizza restaurant.
     Negative use You ought not to have said bad things about them.