Making suggestions

Making Suggestions

• Let’s revise our lessons.
• What about going to the cinema tonight?
• How about playing cards?
• Why don’t we do our homework?
• Couldn’t we invite your grandmother to our party?
• Shall we have a walk along the river?
• What would you say to a cup of coffee?
• Don’t you think it is a good idea to watch TV?
• Does it matter if we use your car?

Accepting Suggestions

• Ok. Yes, let’s.
• Yes, I’d like to.
• Yes, I’d love to.
• What a good idea!
• Why not?
• Yes, with pleasure.
• Yes, I feel like taking a walk.
• That sounds like a good idea.

Refusing Suggestions

• No, let’s not.
• No, I’d rather not.
• I don’t feel like it.
• I dislike going for a walk.
• What an awful/bad idea!

Things to Remember about suggestions

1. The verb “suggest” can be followed by either:

Should + verb = I suggest (that) we should go to the theater.
A verb (in the subjunctive form)= I suggest (that) we go to the movies.

2.”That” is optional:

• I suggest that we should visit Paris.
• I suggest we should visit Paris.