Definition
Advise(V):togiveanadvicetosomeoneabout
somethingincertainsituation
ortorecommendsomethingtosomebody
Advice(N):thegivingofone’sopinionaboutwhat
somebodyelseshoulddoorhowthey
shouldbehave.
Suggest(V):togiveanopinion/ideatosomeonetobe
consideredaboutthebestthingtodoin
particularsituationortopropose
something/somebody.
Suggestion(N) : an idea / a plan, or person, etc that is
suggested or recommended.
Relationships between the speakers
1. Supervision and subordinate2. Peer relationship
Ex: Manager –staff
Doctor –patient
Parents –children
Teacher-students
Ex:Classmates
Friends
Colleagues
Family members (Siblings,
cousins)
Asking for advice
What should I do if (S + V1)......... ?
How should I..........?
I don’t know what to do..........?
I need your advice.
Advising someone to do something
1. Informal Expressions
You'd better + V1...
Why don't you + V1 ...?
It mightn't be a bad idea if + S + V1...
If I were in your shoes, I'd + V1...
Advising someone to do something
2. Less formal Expressions
The way I see it, you should + V1...
Take my advice and ...
I'd + V1... if I were you.
I would + V1...
I think you should + V1...
I think you ought to + V1...
My advice would be ...
If I were you, I'd + V1...
Advising someone to do something
3. Formal Expressions
If you follow my advice, you'll + V1...
If I were in your position, I would + V1...
I would advise ...
Advising someone not to do something
1. Informal expressions
You'd better not + V1 ...
The way I see it, you shouldn't + V1...
It's up to you but I wouldn't + V1...
If I were you, I'd think twice about N / Ving ...
I wouldn't + V1... if I were in your shoes.
Don't just + V1...
Don't go that way/Go the other way.
Advising someone not to do something
2. Less Formal Expressions
Why don't you + V1...?
If I were you, I wouldn't + V1...
I wouldn't recommend + S + V1 OR+to + V1...
I wouldn't advise S + to + V1...
I don't think you should + V1...
I don't think you ought to + V1...
I wouldn't + V1... if I were you.
Advising someone not to do something
3. Formal Expressions
My own advice would be ...
If you follow my advice, you'll + V1...
If I were in your position, I wouldn't + V1...
Suggesting
1. Informal expressions
What about ..., then?
Let's + V1...
Let’s + V1... then, shall we?
I tell you what: we'll ...
I know, let's + V1...
How about ..., then?
Do you think it would be an idea to + V1...?
Suggesting
2. Less Formal Expressions
You could + V1...
Why not + V1..., then?
Why don't we + V1..., then?
We might + V1...
We could always ..., then.
Shall we + V1...?
We might as well ...
Suggesting
3. Formal Expressions
You may like to + V1...
Would you care to + V1..., then?
May I suggest + Ving..., then?
If I may make a suggestion that S + V1...
I'd like to suggest + Ving...
I suggest Ving...
I propose +To + V1 ...
Accepting an advice / a suggestion
That’s good idea.
That’s good suggestion / advice.
I’ll do that.
You’re right.
All right!
Ok!
NB: Don’t forget to say “ Thanks / Thanks a lot / Thank
you very much for your advice / suggestion
Refusing an advice / a suggestion
That’s not a good idea for me because ……………………..
I’m afraid that won’t help me because…………………..
I don’t want to do that because ………………………
I can’t do that because ……………….
To end, you can say “Sorry.......but anyway / by the way
thanks for your advice / idea / suggesion.
Examples in the situation
If someone says:
"I'm having problems in learning English"
Then you could say:
If I were you, I'd take an English course.
I think you should go to the UK for a couple of weeks.
You really ought to watch English television.
Why don't you read more English books?
In your position, I would try and practice speaking
English.
You should perhaps look at the english-at-home.com
website.
etc