Summary - Offers and Suggestions

Summary and Fun Test

Offers and Suggestions

Learning Materials

• Giving advice

• Making offers

• Modals; should, can

Giving Advice

We use modals when we want to give advice/recommendations or to ask for advice. The modals often used in giving advice are 'should' and 'ought to'.

• You should do some exercise.

• it's very late. The kids ought to go to bed by now.

• We should take this route. It will save us more time.

• Should I go there alone?

• What should we do?

Making Offers

In making offers, either to offer something or to offer help, we can also use modals. The modals often used in making offers are 'can' and 'would'.

• Would you like something to drink?

• What can I do for you?

• Can I help You?

• I can drive if you like.

Should is most commonly used to make recommendations or give advice. It can also be used to express obligations as well as expectations. The modal 'should' behaves quite irregularly in the past and the future. Here are some examples:

• People with high cholesterol should eat low-fat foods.

• Frank should have eaten low-fat foods. That might have prevented his heart attack.

• You really should start eating better.

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Can is one of the most commonly used modal verb in English. It can be used to express abilities or opportunities, to informally request or offer permission, and to show possibilities or impossibilities. Here's a comparison on 'can' usage in permission, a request, and an offer.

• I can't drink a coke. My mom doesn't allow it. [permission]

• Can I have a glass of coke? [request]

• Can I get you something to drink? A coke maybe? [offer]

Fun Test

Choose the right words to complete the suggestions.

Multiple Choice

_________ we go to Klaten?

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

Multiple Choice

_________ play video games!

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

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_________ playing pingpong?

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

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_________ we watch Titanic?

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

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_________ you take a picture of Joe in front of the sea?

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

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__________ go for a walk! It's sunny!

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

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_________ going hiking?

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

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_________ you send a postcard to your mother?

• Let's

• What about

• Why don't

Multiple Choice

Arkan : Would you like me to switch on the light? It's very dark in here.

Peter : Yes, please.

From the dialog, we know that ...

• Arkan offers to switch on the light.

• Arkan wants Peter to switch on the light.

• Peter wants to help Arkan switch on the light.

• Arkan has Peter switch on the light.

• Peter asks Arkan to switch on the light

Multiple Choice

Tari : What should i do for this headache?

Heni: ... I saw you having a chat with Susan till late last night.

Tari : Thanks for your advice.

• I I were you, I wouldn't eat too much ice cream.

• Maybe you should sleep for a while.

• Why don't you eat fruits?

• I think you should drink medicine.

• You should do jogging.

Multiple Choice

Why ___ go to the zoo? It was reported that a new-born Panda is being shown to public.

• don't we to

• don't we

• don't

Multiple Choice

Let's ___ to the concert. Bon Jovi is going to release a new album.

• going

• to go

• go

Multiple Choice

The river is very dirty. How about ___ it on the weekend?

• clean

• to clean

• cleaning

Multiple Choice

Why ___ to the party tonight?

• don't go

• not you go

• don't you go

Multiple Choice

Dodi : What can we do in Sukabumi?

Dani : We ___ Pelabuhan Ratu. It's only a one-hour drive from Sukabumi?

• could visit

• couldn't visit

• must have visited

Multiple Choice

___ the police to handle the situation.

• Let's calling

• Let's to call

• Let's call

Multiple Choice

What ___ you at the bus stop?

• about meeting

• about to meet

• about meet

Multiple Choice

Handy : Donny looks so sad. Somebody has broken his bike.

Rudy : How ___ Mr. Frank to fix it?

• about asking

• about to ask

• about we go

Multiple Choice

Tania : I have a very important interview tomorrow. But I have arranged some appointments with customers.

Lia : I ___ the appointments. I believe they will understand your situation.

• suggest you rearranging

• suggest you to rearrange

• suggest you rearrange

Multiple Choice

Let's ___ to finish the project.

• getting together

• to get together

• get together

Thank you

Multiple Choice

___ the police to handle the situation.

• Let's calling

• Let's to call

• Let's call