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CONVERSATION SKILL : Making Suggestions Many Useful Phrases

How to Make and Respond to Suggestions

Making Suggestions

- Let’s revise…

- What about going to…?

- How about going …?

- Why don’t we go …?

- Couldn’t we …?

- Shall we …?

- What would you say to …?

- Don’t you think it is a good idea to …?

- Does it matter if we …?

- Would you like to …?

- Let’s go to…

- I suggest you/we take…into consideration…

- We could…

- Do you fancy …

- We might as well…

Accepting Suggestions

- Ok. 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.

- Yes. That sounds like a good idea.

- Yes, that’s not a bad idea.

- Brilliant!

- Count me in too.

Refusing Suggestions

In some case, you want to refuse or you disagree with the suggestions, you could say:

- No, let’s not.

- Well, I’d rather…

- I don’t feel like it.

- I dislike going for a walk.

- What an awful/bad idea!

- I’m not sure about that idea.

- I’d love to but…

- I don’t think it will work.

- I don’t think I can.

- I’m not very keen on (+_ing)

Expressions of giving suggestions

The expressions below are often used to make suggestions

- Let’s ………

- Why don’t we ………

- We could ………

- What about ………

- How about ………

- I suggest that ………

- You might want to change ………

- I think ………

- I don’t think ………

Responding and declining suggestions examples

1. Let’s watch football at the stadium

Accepting : yes, Let’s go
Declining : No, thank you I have other schedule, I must clean the house now
2. Why you don’t have breakfast before go to school ?
Accepting : that is a good idea
Declining : I think I will be late, so I will have a breakfast at school
3. How about go to the movie ?
Accepting : O. K it is sound great
Declining : No, I do not have money to buy the ticket
4. I think you should do your homework now
Accepting : yes, you are right
Declining; take it easy my friend, I still have so much time