Offers and Suggestions

Offers and Suggestions

Suggestions

- Suggest means to give a suggestion that is to introduce or propose an idea or a plan for someone's consideration.

-Suggestions are abstract and can be in the form of solutions,advice,plan,and idea.It can be accepted or refused

-Social function : to facilitate interpersonal communication between different people.

-Example :

Let's get started!

Let's go home!

Expression / Gambits

- Let's ....

- Why dont we ...?

- We could ...

- What about ...

- How about ...?

- I suggest that ....

- You might want to change ....

- I think ...

- I dont think ....

Example

- Lets go to the library

-Why dont you do your homework now ?

- We could eat at home today

- I suggest that we call it a day

- I think you should go and meet the teacher soon

Sentence structure to suggest something

Responding to Suggestion

Conversation of Suggestions:

-Jane : Hi,John.

- John : Hi Jane, What are you doing ?

- Jane : Nothing much. Would you like to go movies?

-John : I would love to but not right now

- Jane : How about this afternoon ?

- John : Great,What movie do you want to watch ?

- Jane : Let's Watch " Ring"

- John : I would rather not. Iam not to much into horror movies.How about " Peanuts"?

- Jane : Ok Lets go.When do you want to go ?

-John : 4 o'clock show

- Jane: It sounds good.Okay,see you then

- John : Okay,see you