TEENAGE BLUES (FORM 4) - ASKING FOR & GIVING ADVICE

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A) Material from :

https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-advice.php

Expressions

Asking for advice:

• I've got a bad toothache. What do you suggest?
• What do you advise me to do?
• What should I do?
• What ought I to do?
• What's your advice?
• If you were me what would you do?

Giving advice

• If I were you, I would go to the dentist.
• Why don't you go to the dentist?
• You'd better brush your teeth regularly.
• You ought to/should avoid eating sweets.
• If you take my advice, you'll go to the dentist.
• It might be a good idea to brush your teeth on a regular basis.
• I advise you to brush your teeth on a regular basis.
• Have you thought about seeing a dentist.

Declining to give advice

• I don't know what to advise, I'm afraid.
• I wish I could suggest something, but I can't.
• I wish I could help.
• I'm afraid I can't really help you.

Things to remember about asking for and giving advice:

1. "Advise" is a verb.
Example:
"I advise you to learn English. You will undoubtedly need it in your higher studies"

2. "Advice" is a noun.
Example:
"My father gave me this piece of advice when I was young: never give up"

3. "Ought to" has nearly the same meaning as "should". The only difference is that "ought to " refers to a moral or external obligation but should is more of an advice.
Example:
"You ought to stop smoking."
"You should stop smoking."

4. "You'd better" is the short form of "you had better"
Example:
"You'd better see a doctor!" = "You had better see the doctor"

Study the dialogue:

Student:	I'm terrible at English and I think I should do something about it. What do you advise me to do?
Teacher:	I think you should try this website. It's a fantastic website for beginners.
Student:	I've heard about it, but what do you think I should start with?
Teacher:	You'd better start with the lessons.Then, try the exercises.

B) Material from :

https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/english-in-the-real-world/5-simple-ways-give-advice-english/

5 Simple ways to give advice in English

1. Use a modal verb. There are two modal verbs we often use for giving advice: 'should' and 'ought to'. ...
2. Make it into a question. ...
3. Put yourself in the person's position. ...
4. Make a suggestion. ...
5. Advise in a stronger way.

There are several ways to do it and each uses a slightly sentence structure. So, how do we choose which one to use? Find out with these five simple ways to give advice in English.

Use a modal verb
Make it into a questionPut yourself in the person’s positionMake a suggestionAdvise in a stronger way

There are two modal verbs we often use for giving advice: ‘should’ and ‘ought to’. Both mean the same thing but work in slightly different ways. Let’s look at some examples.

You should do more exercise.You shouldn’t drink so much beer.

As you can see above, after ‘should’ we use an infinitive without ‘to’.

You ought to do more exercise.You ought not to drink so much beer.

Unlike ‘should’, we always use ‘to’ in ‘ought to’ for giving advice.

Use a question.
To make advice less direct, we can use a question to make the person we are advising consider about the advice we are giving them.

Why don’t you do some more exercise?How about doing some more exercise?

With the question ‘Why don’t you…?’ we use an infinitive without ‘to’. When we use ‘How about…?’ to make a question, we use a gerund after it.

Put yourself in the person's position. ...

If someone is asking for your advice, sometimes it’s useful to imagine yourself being in that person’s position. This is a good way to explain your advice, too.

If I were you, I would do more exercise.

Remember to use an infinitive after ‘would’ and not ‘to’. To make this negative, put ‘not’ after ‘would’.

Make a suggestion. ...

A suggestion or recommendation is another good way of giving advice that isn’t to direct. You can use the words ‘suggest’ or ‘recommend’ as in the example below.

I would suggest doing more exercise.I would recommend doing more exercise.

Use ‘verb+ing’ after ‘suggest’ or ‘recommend’ to explain your advice to the listener. To make these negative, put ‘not’ before your ‘verb+ing’.

Advise in a stronger way.

Sometimes, you need to make your advice stronger to let the listener know that it’s really important. We can use the expression ‘you had better…’ to do this.

You had better do more exercise before you start getting fat.You had better not drink so much beer or you will get fat.

We use an infinitive after ‘better’ to explain our advice and add ‘not’ after ‘better’ to make the sentence negative.

So, now you know how to give advice in English. Next time one of your friends is having some trouble, give them some advice in English and try out your new skills.

C) MATERIAL FROM :

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/giving-advice
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Here are some ways which we can give give advice or make recommendations:

For example, imagine that your friend is worried that she is getting fat. She asks you for some advice. You can respond using the following phrases:

You should take some exercise.
You ought to eat more fruit and vegetables.
Why don't you go jogging?
How about eating less sugary food?

For stronger advice you can use 'have to' or 'must':

You must see a doctor
You have to take her to see that movie. She'll love it!

Using suggest and recommend

There are two ways which we can use 'recommend' and 'suggest':

I suggest taking a holiday.
I suggest (that) you take a holiday.

I recommend going to bed earlier.
I recommend (that) you go to bed earlier.

Using imperatives to give advice

We can use imperative verbs + '-ing' to give advice. Let's look at some more examples using your fat friend!:

Start going to the gym.
Stop drinking so much coke.
Consider switching to brown bread and rice.
Try cycling to work.