The sentence needs an auxiliary ( would, could, might ), but should is not a good fit.
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MaroldAs a rule, clause of purpose, specifically so that clause, is followed by an auxiliary. To avoid sounding unnatural or prevent yourself from making a mistake, I recommend that you use can, will, may in the present, and could, would, might in the past.Thank you, Marold for the rule. Now, it's clear
AlpheccaStars"He woke up early so that he should/would catch the 8 o'clock train."Still no. You've changed the tense and added irrelevant information to the sentence.
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He should catch the 8 o'clock train so that he won't be late for the 9 o'clock meeting.
Marold"He got up early so that he would catch the train that leaves at