Basic English - Language Function (Asking for and Giving Advice)

1. Advice / Suggestion
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Class

2. Suggestion sentence
 Giving or Offering Advice
 Asking for Advice
You’d better…. You must…
You should…. You ought to ….

3. Giving or Offering Advice
• I think you’d better start looking for a
new job.
• I suggest that we go out for dinner
tonight
• I recommend that you cancel your
appointment
• If I were you, I’d stop writing her.

4. Asking for Advice
• Do you think I ought to call the police?
• Do you have any advice for me ?
• Can you give me some advice ?
• Should I try to talk with him about this
matter again ?

5. Situation :
A student is talking write her advisor
Student :
Mrs. Wilson, what do you think I should do about my
chemistry class?
Should I drop it or continue with it?
Mrs. Wilson :
I think it would be a good idea to talk with your
instructor. Try talking with her about the problems,
and see what she suggests.
Student :
What if she says I should continue with the class??
Mrs. Wilson :
Then follow her advice. She doesn’t want to fail you.

6. Advice / Suggestion
It’s about giving recommend and
counsel
people to do something or just giving
some
Reason for influence the people .
Advise commonly use for consideration
Suggestion usually used to
recommendation
something

7. Question
1. You … get a passport.
2. You … pack too many clothes. ( - )
3. You … book your ticket.
4. You … make hotel reservations.
5. You … talk to your father.
6. You … take warm clothes.
7. You … go by yourself. ( - )
8. You … take a sleeping bag.
9. You … carry your wallet in a back
pocket.