MAKING SUGGESTIONS AND GIVING ADVICE

These are some of the suggestions the receptionist made:

If you like football, you should definitely visit Boca Club Football Stadium.

If it rains, the best thing to do is to go to a museum.

Why don’t you go to the Malba Art Museum?

MAKING SUGGESTIONS AND GIVING ADVICE

Giving advice and making suggestions are two different language functions, but in real life they often go together.

WHAT IS A SUGGESTION?

A suggestion is an idea about what we or other people could do.

We can suggest tourists what to do, we can give them ideas about where to go or how to spend their time. For example, the receptionist said: Why don’t you go to Malba Art Museum?

WHAT IS “GIVING ADVICE”?

Giving advice involves telling another person what they should do.

We give advice when we try to help someone. For example, the receptionist said: If you like football you should definitely visit the Boca Club Football Stadium.

SOME EXAMPLES

It’s going to rain tomorrow. It might be a good idea to go to a shopping centre. I don’t think you should go to the zoo.

If you need some walking boots, you can go to Alto Palermo shopping centre.

What do you think I should do if it’s sunny this weekend?

If it’s sunny, the best thing to do is to go Palermo.

EXPRESSIONS USED TO SUGGEST AND GIVE ADVICE

It might be a good idea to … I think it would be better to … I think you need to … I don’t think you need to … + verb

(infinitive) It might be better no to … I don’t think you should …

MORE USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

You’d enjoy a visit to … because …

While you’re here why don’t you … ?

If you want to go to … the best time to go is …

You might be interested in + verb (ing)

While you are here, why don’t you + verb

(infinitive)

TOURISM DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER!

If it’s hot you could use our swimming pool.

Well, if it’s rainy you won’t be able to go on a boat

ride. So why don’t you visit the Fine Arts Museum?

If it’s sunny the best thing to do is to go

sightseeing.

While you’re here why don’t you try our delicious

meat?