Language for Advice and Suggestions - why don't you.../ have you tried.../ you should...

Any Problems?

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Any advice or suggestions?





1. We are going to look at advice and suggestions2. You are going to practise by making sentences





What is advice?What is a suggestion?





What is advice?What is a suggestion?

Advice is something you tell someone to do to help

A suggestion is a question you ask to help





How can you give advice?How can you make a suggestion?






How do we give advice?

• You should + VERB






How do we makesuggestions?

• Why don’t you (VERB)?• Have you tried (VERB)+ING?





Can you give advice andmake suggestions for the following

people?





I can't sleep.

Suggestion• Have you tried ____ing ..... ?

Or• Why don’t you .....?

Problems

I can't sleep.

Suggestion• Have you tried drinking hot milk before you go to bed ?Or• Why don’t you read a book?

Problems

Problems

I can't sleep.


Advice You should ...

I can't sleep.


Advice You should count sheep.

Problems

I’ve got a headache

Suggestion• Have you tried ____ing ..... ?• Why don’t you ...?


Suggestion• Have you tried taking an aspirin ?• Why don’t you lie down?



Advice



Advice - You should avoid any noise

I get angry a lot


Advice - You should ...

I get angry a lot

Suggestion• Have you tried counting to 10 ?

I failed all my exams



I failed all my exams

Suggestion

• Why don’t you take them again?

I'm always tired



I'm always tired

Advice - You should go to sleep earlier

I'm addicted to the internet



I'm addicted to the internet

Suggestion• Have you tried asking for help ?

I have very noisy neighbours



I have very noisy neighbours

Suggestion

• Why don’t you talk to them?

I'm afraid of flying



I'm afraid of flying

Advice - You should see a doctor

The baby cries all the time



The baby cries all the time

Suggestion• Have you tried singing to

him ?

I'm always late to class



I'm always late to class

Suggestion

• Why don’t you get an alarm clock?

I‘ve lost my passport



I‘ve lost my passport

Advice - You should apply for a replacement

My girlfriend left me



My girlfriend left me

Suggestion• Have you tried saying

sorry ?

I don’t understand the lesson



I don’t understand the lesson

Suggestion

• Why don’t you talk to the teacher?

Were your ideas better than mine?

Any Problems?

Any Problems?

Suggestion• Have you tried practising in pairs?• Why don’t you write some more problems

and give advice and suggestions in pairs?Advice - You should practise this some more.





Language for Advice and Suggestions - why don't you.../ have you tried.../ you should...

Education

headache suggestion

class suggestion

passport suggestion

time suggestion

lot suggestion

lesson suggestion

tired suggestion

internet suggestion