Asking and Giving Suggestions Exercises

A. Choose the best answer to each question.

Conversation 1

Woman: "... to the party tonight?"

Man: "You’d better wear the dress that you wore to the prom last month. It looks wonderful on
you."

1. The best phrase to complete the first sentence in the above dialogue is ....
A. What are you going to wear.
B. Can I recommend something to wear
C. Do you have something to wear
D. What do you think I should wear
E. Which dress could you wear

2. In the above dialogue, the woman ...

A. asks the man for a suggestion
B. agrees with the man’s suggestion
C. gives the man a suggestion
D. disagrees with the man’s suggestion
E. asks the man about his party

3. By saying "You’d better wear the dress that you wore to the prom last month", the man ....
A. asks the woman for a suggestion
B. agrees with the woman’s suggestion
C. gives the woman a suggestion
D. disagrees with the woman’s suggestion
E. invites the woman to a party

4. Alex : You look unhealthy, Boy.

Bryan : Yes, I get a headache and a stomachache.
Alex : You should go to a doctor. Come on, I will accompany you.
Bryan : Ok.
The underlined words show ....
A. Agreement
B. Disagreement
C. Suggestion
D. Necessity
E. Plan

5. You should ............... to past the test.

A. Study hard
 B. Studying
C. Studying hard
D. Studied
E. Studied hard

6. Andi : I have a bad headache.

Budi : You’d better ......................
Complete the dialogue above ....
A. Taking an aspirin
B. An aspirin
C. Take an aspirin
D. To take an aspirin
E. Took an aspirin

7. Amir : I am not good at English.

Budi : ..........................
Complete the dialogue above with an advice .....
A. I should practise English every day
B. Why don’t you take an English course and practice every day?
C. Do you like English ?
D. I must take an English course
E. You must sleep often

8. Mary failed again in the test. She ....................... harder.

A. Had better study
B. Need to study
C. Better study
D. Study
E. Studied.

9. I miss my grandparents. What ........................ I do now ?

A. Better
B. Had better
C. Should
D. Did
E. Do

10. Fina : Good morning Ayu. You look so miserable today, what happened to you?
Ayu : Oh, it is only a little problem.
Fina : Shall I help you?
Ayu : Sure. I feel sad because I do not
 have money to pay for the college tuition, I have used all of my money to buy a new
motorcycle.
Fina : You should tell your parents if you have no money. I think they will help you.
Ayu : I do not think so, it will only make it worse.
Fina : Hmm, if that's the case, ……………………..
Ayu : That’s good idea.

What is the correct expression to complete the dialogue above?

A. You should stop studying in college
B. Why don’t you buy motorcycle again
C. Why don’t you steal it from the bank
D. I suggest you to borrow money from someone
E. You should lend your motorcycle to someone

B. Match the suggestions / advice in number 1 – 8 to the responses point a – i.

Example:

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