HOW TO GIVE AN ADVICE?

By: Diana M. Sierra Ortiz.

What is an Advice?

Advice (also called exhortation) is a

form of relating personal or institutional

opinions, belief systems, values,

recommendations or guidance about

certain situations relayed in some

context to another person, group or

party often offered as a guide to action

and/or conduct. Put a little more

simply, an advice message is a

recommendation about what might be

thought, said, or otherwise done to

address a problem, make a decision,

or manage a situation.

Here are some ways which we can

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.

Bibliography:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_(opinion)

• http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/giving-advice