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Do you know what 'had better' means and when we use it?

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If you say “I’d better do something”, you think ___

👉 “it would be a good idea if I”, “it would be better for me to”.

The form 'I’d better' only stands for 'I had better', and not 'I would better'.

"I'd best go home." 👉 "It would be good for me to go home."

There’s only one form, 'had better' (never 'have better' or 'will have better').

It looks like a past form, but it refers to the present or the future.

"It’s 5PM Friday, you’d better call them on Monday". ( 👉 You should do it in the future).

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She ___ ready for next week's meeting.

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'I’d better' is the short form of ___

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'Had better' refers to ___

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