Situational Conversation:
1. You are driving in the country and see a girl standing beside her broken motorcycle. You try to help her.
Girl: It's no use! It won't start.
You: You could leave it here and I'll drive you to the nearest town.
2. You and your friend have a free time on the weekend.
Friend: What are going to do next weekend?
You : How about shopping in the new mall?
When someone is in trouble or confusing situation, we can give them a suggestion to solve their problem. It's called EXPRESSION of SUGGESTING.
Here are lists of those expressions:
Asking for Suggestions:
- Do you think I ought to call the police?
- What do you think I should buy him for his birthday?
- Do you have any ideas about how I can sell my car?
- Should I try to talk with him about this matter again?
- If you were me, what would you tell her?
- If you were in my situation, would you forgive him?
- What do you advise I pack for the trip?
- Do you have any advice for me?
- Can you give me some advice about something?
- How do you suggest I fix this problem?
- Are you suggesting that I give up smoking?
- What do you recommend I take for a bad headache?
- Do you have any recommendations about a good hotel in Paris?
- Can you recommend a suitable wine for dinner?
Offering Suggestions:
- I think you'd better report the burglary to the police. They will help you to investigate the case.
- You should buy him a watch. I know the one he likes the most.
- It would be probably a good idea to sell it online on sellyourcar.com.
- Why don't you try calling him tonight?
- If I were you, I would tell her the truth. Don't lie even a word.
- Try ignoring him for awhile.
- I advise you to bring necessary things only.
- I'd say that you'd better talk with your lawyer about this matter.
- I suggest that you go asking for apologize first to the clients.
- My advice for you is to be more careful with your health. Smoking will only have bad effects on your health.
- I recommend you to take aspirin.
- My recommendation is Hilton Hotel. It will give the best services in the city.
- Let me suggest you this Sauvignon 1988.
Other ways to express your suggestions:
- Let's + Infinitive (V1) = Let's go swimming!
- Let's ........, shall we? = Let's finish this homework quickly, shall we?
- Imperative Sentences (V1! or Be + adjective!) = Take a rest, please! Be confident!
- Prohibition (Don't + V1! or Don't + be + adj!) = Don't choose the blue dress! Don't be childish!
- Shall (for subject I and We) = We shall go to bed early.
- Should (for other subjects) = You should not disobey your parents.
- Could/Might + Infinitive (V1) = You could go to school together with me. We might as well take a train since it's faster.
- May I suggest .....? = May I suggest you to be careful in doing business with him?
- How about/What about + V-ing? = How about climbing up the mountain this weekend?
- Do you mind if + clause? = Do you mind if you take a rest to make your body fresh?
- Would you like to + Infinitive? = Would you like to marry me?
Examples in Dialogue
Mike: Do you think we should look at these brochures?
Susy: That's a good idea.
Mike: How about Lombok instead of Bali? It looks more interesting.
Susy: Oh, I don't mind. BUt, we lack information about Lombok.
Mike: You're right. We don't have enough time to look for it.Well, do you have any suggestion?
Susy: How about, Padang? Let's try that.
Mike: All right. What pictures do you think we should insert in our presentation?
Susy: Let's take some photos of a few well-known places there.
Mike: That's a good idea. I hope our presentation will be more interesting by inserting them.
Susy: O.K. Let's get to work.
Sources: English Worksheet of MGMP Pati, Look Ahead 3 Erlangga (with necessary changes)
I am an English teacher in SMA N 1 Pati who love to read and write. -You know my name, not my story. You know what I've done, not what I've been through. If you were on my shoes, you'd fall at the first step.- ^_^
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