Expressing Suggestion and Advice

expressing Suggestions and Advice

Berikut adalah beberapa frase dan contoh kalimat yang bisa digunakan memberikan saran ( suggestion )dan nasehat( advice).

A. Suggestion (saran)

1. Would you be so kind enough + to + verb

           contoh kalimat :

• Would you be so kind enough to go with we?
• Would you be so kind enough to help me?

      2. I would be very grateful if you would...

            

           contoh kalimat:

• I would be very grateful if you would come to my party
• I would be very grateful if you would help me to finish this task.
• I would be grateful if you would be here.

      3. How/what about + Gerund (verb + ing)..

        

         contoh kalimat:

• How about dancing?
• How about watching TV?

     4. Suppose

     

       contoh kalimat :

• Suppose you agree with my idea.
• Suppose you can leave now.

     5. Perhaps you would

         contoh kalimat:

• Perhaps you would accept my proposal.
• Perhaps you would have a dinner with me.

B. Advice ( Nasehat)

1. Menggunakan modal auxiliaries "Must, Ought to, and Should"

          contoh kalimat:

• You must take care of yourself carefully!
• You ought to write a letter to me not to her.
• You should study hard.

     2. If I were you I should + verb

       contoh kalimat:

• If I were you I should work at the hospital.
•  If I were you I should take English course.

     3. You had better + verb

   

       contoh kalimat:

• You had better brush you teeth.
• You had better refuse this job.

     4. Why don't you + verb...

      contoh kalimat:

• Why don't you sit down beside me?
• Why don't you go home now?

     5. It's time you + verb 2 ( past form)

       contog kalimat :

• It's time you said the truth.
• It's time you stopped smoking

A. Asking

1. What do you recommend we do about..?
2. What would you advice us to do?
3. Do you have any suggestions?
4. What would you do about...?
5. Why don't you...

B. Giving

1. I would recommend that you..
2. My advice would be to...
3. May I suggest that we...
4. If I were you, I would...
5. I advice you to...
6. Perhaps you could...
7. If I were you, I would...
8. I advice you to..
9. I suggest you to...
10. You had better..

C. Accepting advice

• Yes, I agree with that.
• That sounds like a good idea!
• Ok, why don't we do that.
• That's very interesting.
• Thank you for your advice
• That would be nice
• I would rather not, if you don't mind
• that seems all night

D. Rejecting advice

• I'm sorry, I can't agree with that
• I don't think that's a good idea.
• I don't think we sould do that.
• That very interesting, but...