By Nur Ngaenah

What are advice and suggestion???

ADVICE is an opinion or suggestion meant to help or to guide.
Opinion about what could or should be done
about a situation or problem (Thesaurus
Dictionary)
SUGGESTION is an idea that is suggested. it is offered for
acceptance or rejection (Thesaurus Dictionary)
Expressions used in asking for
Advice and Suggestion:
1. What should I do?
2. What is your opinion about?
3. What do you think about..?
4. What If I/ we..?
5. How about..?
6. What is your suggestion/advice?
The common way to give advice and
suggestion :
By using the modal verb should.
There are also other forms including
ought to and had better which are
more formal.
You can also use the second
conditional to give advice.
Giving and Responding To
Advice/Suggestion
Giving Response
For strong advice/suggestion, should is used
to say what is the right thing or a good thing
to do.

Im always tired! You should go to

bed earlier.
Use shouldnt to say that its not a good
thing to do or its not the right thing.

You shouldnt play

with lighters.
For strong advice/suggestion, you can also
use need to to say what is necessary
and you can use imperatives.

You need to
eat all your food.

Eat all your food!

 Use the expressions Why dont
you? and Its a good idea to to
make suggestions. They are usually
softer than should and need to.

Why dont you

pull over?
 Use could to make a suggestion or to
say what is possible or a good idea

Its a good idea We could create

to keep your word! more programs.
 Use should + a verb to complete the sentences.
BRUSH GO READ VISIT WATCH WEAR

1. should watch the ball.

When you play tennis, you ___________
2. should go to bed.
You look tired. You ________
3. should brush your teeth after every meal.
You __________
4. should visit it.
The museum is very interesting. You _________
5. When you are driving, you should wear a seat-belt.
_________
6. should read it.
Its a good book. You _________