MAKING SUGGESTIONS

AND
GIVING ADVICE

🞭 Giving advice and making suggestions are two

different language functions, but in real life
they often go together.
WHAT IS A SUGGESTION?

🞭 A suggestion is an idea about what we or

other people could do.
We can suggest tourists what to do, we can give
them ideas about where to go or how to spend
their time. For example, the receptionist said:
Why don’t you go to Malba Art Museum?
Look at the situations below !

Your friend is
getting sick.
WHAT IS “GIVING ADVICE”?

🞭 Givingadvice involves telling another person

what they should do.
🞭 We give advice when we try to help someone.
For example, the receptionist said: If you like
football you should definitely visit the Boca
Club Football Stadium.
What will you suggest ?

It’s
raining.
SOME EXAMPLES
🞭 It’s
going to rain tomorrow. It might be a good
idea to go to a shopping centre. I don’t think
you should go to the zoo.

🞭 If
you need some walking boots, you can go to
Alto Palermo shopping centre.

🞭 What do you think I should do if it’s sunny

this weekend?
🞭 If it’s sunny, the best thing to do is to go
Palermo.
EXPRESSIONS USED TO SUGGEST AND
GIVE ADVICE
🞭 It might be a good idea to …
🞭 I think it would be better to …

🞭 I think you need to …

🞭 I don’t think you need to … + verb

(infinitive)
🞭 It might be better no to …
🞭 I don’t think you should …
MORE USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

🞭 You’d enjoy a visit to … because …

🞭 While you’re here why don’t you … ?

🞭 If you want to go to … the best time to go is

…

🞭 You might be interested in + verb (ing)

🞭 While you are here, why don’t you + verb

(infinitive)
Use should + a verb to complete the
sentences.
CLEAN GO READ VISIT WATCH WEAR

1. When you play tennis, you the

ball.
2. You look tired. You to bed.
3. You your teeth after every
meal.
4. The museum is very interesting. You
it.
5. When you are driving, you a seat-
belt.
6. It’s a good book. You it.
TOURISM DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER!

🞭 If it’s hot you could use our swimming pool.

🞭 Well, if it’s rainy you won’t be able to go on a boat
ride. So why don’t you visit the Fine Arts
Museum?
🞭 If it’s sunny the best thing to do is to go
sightseeing.
🞭 While you’re here why don’t you try our delicious
meat?