SUGGESTI

ON
A.Whatissuggesti
on?
Suggest
ion 
isaboutsayorwr
it
eouri
deasaboutwhatpeopl
eshoul
ddo.

B.Whati
sthepurposeofsuggest i
on?
a.Suggest meanstopresentasuggestionthatistoi nt
roduceorproposeanideaora
pl
anforconsi
derat
ion.Itcanbeacceptedorrefused
b.Suggestions 
areabstr
actandcanbei nfor
m ofsol uti
on,advi
ce,
plan,andi
dea.

C.Howt
oexpr
esssuggest
ion?

 Aski
ngf
orSuggest
ion
 Doyouhaveanysuggest
ionsforme?
 Wouldyoumindgi
vingmey oursuggest
ion?
 Canyoutel
lmewhatIshoulddo?
 Whatshoul
dIdo?

 Gi
vi
ngSuggest i
on
 Youshould+V1
 Youhadbet ter+V1
 Yououghtt o+V1
 Isuggestyout o+V1
 Howabout+Vi ng
 Let’
s+V1
 Whydon’tyou+V1
 Couldn’
tyou+V1
 Whatabout+Vi ng

1)Givi
ng suggesti
on 
with 
“l
et’
s”
Let'
s 
comesf rom t
hewor dl
etus,
whi
chmeans:"
Ihav
easuggest
ionf
orus"(
say
apuny
a
suatusaranuntukki
ta)

Pat
ter
n:
 Exampl
e  :

Case:I
’
m bor
ed.

Suggest
ion:
Let
’s 
gotoamov i
e
Let
’s 
notgotobeach.Let
’sst
ayhomei
nst
ead

2)Gi
vi
ngsuggest
ionwi
t coul
h“ d”

 “Could”canbeusedt
ogiv
esuggest
iont
oot
her
s
Case:
Whatshouldwedotomorr
ow?

Suggest
ion:
We coul
d goonapicni
c.
We coul
d goto 
Yul
i
a’spar
ty.

 “ Coul
d” 
canbeusedt
ogiveof
ferorpossi
bil
i
tyt
oot
her
s
Case:
I
’m havi
ngtr
oubl
einmathcl
ass

Suggest
ion:
coul
You  d 
tal
k t
oyourteacher.
coul
You  d 
ask 
Anna t
ohelpy ouwi
thy
ourmat
hlessons.

3)Giv
ingsuggest
ionwi
th“
whydon’
t”
“Whydon’t
” 
ist
hemosti
mport
antphr
asei
nEngl
i
sht
opr
ovi
desuggest
ionf
ri
endl
y.

Exampl
e :

Whydon’
t 
wegot
oamov
ie?
(
Int
hecont
extoft
hatsent
ence,
"Whydonotwego=Let
'sgo"
)
Whydon’
t 
youcomear
ound 
eight
?
(
Int
hecont
extoft
hatsent
encemeans:
Isuggesty
out
ocomear
ound 
eight
)

 Respondi
ngt
oSuggest
ion
 a)Accept
ingSuggest i
on
 Sure
 Ok.Yes, let
's.
 Yes, I
'dli
ket o.
 Yes, I
'dlovet o.
 Whatagoodi dea!
 Whynot ?
 Yes, wit
hpleasur e.
 Thatsoundsl ikeagoodi dea.
 That'sagood/ ni
ce/wonderf
uli
dea.

b)Ref
usingSuggest ion
 No, let'
snot .
 No, I'
dr athernot .
  Idon'tfeel l
ikei t
.
 Idislikey oursuggest ion.
 Whatanawf ul /badi dea!
 Idon’ tthinkit’sagoodi dea.Sor
ry
 Sorry .That ’
sbor ing.Let’
sdosomet hi
ngel
se.
 It’
sabadi dea.
 No, let’
snot .Let ’
s…
 I’m afraid,we/Ican’ t
.
 No, Idon’ tthinkso.

Not
e  
  
  :

1.Thev
erb"suggest"canbefoll
owedbyei ther
:
 shoul
d+v erb 
=Isuggest(that)we shoul
dgo tothe 
l
ibr
ary.
 averb(inthesubjunct
ivefor
m) =Isuggest(
that)
 wego t
othe 
l
ibr
ary
.

That
2." "i
soptional:
 "Isuggestt
 hat 
weshouldvi
sit
 London.
"
 "Isuggestweshouldvisi
t 
London."