OFFERING and SUGGESTION
OFFER
A. What is offer?
Offer is an expression of the desire by people in front of the other people to do something or not to do something
B. What is the purpose of offer?
a. Offer means to present, introduce or propose a help or a assist for consideration.
b. Offer means to propose a help. It can be accepted or refused.
C. How to express offer?
Example :
· Formal Dialogue
Maya : Can I get you ice tea to drink?
Dwi : Yes, that would be nice, Thank you.
· Informal Dialogue
Hadi : Are you up for some dinner?
Ikeu : Hey, thanks. What’s on the menu?
Hadi : What about something to drink?
Ikeu : Sure. What about some coffee?
Hadi : I’d like it very much.
A. How to respond to offer?
Example :
a. Accepting
Sekar : May I get you some to drink?
Febby : Yes, I’d love to get some tea.
Dewi : Would you like me to get you some food?
Rosta : That would be nice. Thank you.
b. Refusing / Declining
Astri : Would you like some cookies?
Sri : Thank you, but I’m on a diet.
Astri : How about a cup of tea?
Sri : I’d like to have a cup of tea. Unfortunately, I’m late for a
meeting.
SUGGESTION
A. What is suggestion?
Suggestion is about say or write our ideas about what people should do.
B. What is the purpose of suggestion?
a. Suggest means to present a suggestion that is to introduce or propose an idea or a plan for consideration. It can be accepted or refused
b. Suggestions are abstract and can be in form of solution, advice, plan, and idea.
C. How to express suggestion?
1. Asking for Suggestion
· Do you have any suggestions for me?
· Would you mind giving me your suggestion?
· Can you tell me what I should do?
· What should I do?
2. Giving Suggestion
· You should + V1
· You had better + V1
· You ought to + V1
· I suggest you to + V1
· How about + Ving
· Let’s + V1
· Why don’t you + V1
· Couldn’t you + V1
· What about + Ving
a. Giving suggestion with “let’s”
Let's comes from the word let us, which means: "I have a suggestion for us" (saya punya suatu saran untuk kita)
Pattern :
Example :
Case:
I’m bored.
Suggestion:
Let’s go to a movie
Let’s not go to beach. Let’s stay home instead
a. Giving suggestion with “could”
· “Could” can be used to give suggestion to others
Case:
What should we do tomorrow?
Suggestion:
We could go on a picnic.
We could go to Yulia’s party.
· “Could” can be used to give offer or possibility to others
Case:
I’m having trouble in math class
Suggestion:
You could talk to your teacher.
You could ask Anna to help you with your math lessons.
b. Giving suggestion with “why don’t”
“Why don’t” is the most important phrase in English to provide suggestion friendly.
Example :
Why don’t we go to a movie?
(In the context of that sentence, "Why do not we go = Let's go")
• Why don’t you come around eight?
(In the context of that sentence means: I suggest you to come around eight)
1. Responding to Suggestion
a. Accepting Suggestion
· Sure
· Ok. Yes, let's.
· Yes, I'd like to.
· Yes, I'd love to.
· What a good idea!
· Why not?
· Yes, with pleasure.
· That sounds like a good idea.
· That's a good/nice/wonderful idea.
b. Refusing Suggestion
· No, let's not.
· No, I'd rather not.
· I don't feel like it.
· I dislike your suggestion.
· What an awful / bad idea!
· I don’t think it’s a good idea. Sorry
· Sorry. That’s boring. Let’s do something else.
· It’s a bad idea.
· No, let’s not. Let’s …
· I’m afraid, we/ I can’t.
· No, I don’t think so.
Note :
1. The verb "suggest" can be followed by either:
a. should + verb = I suggest (that) we should go to the library.
b. a verb (in the subjunctive form)= I suggest (that) we go to the library.
2. "That" is optional:
"I suggest that we should visit London."
"I suggest we should visit London."
and , THIS IS EXAMPLE OFFERING and SUGGESTION WITH MY FRIENDS ON INSTAGRAM
VIDEO DIALOGUE :
Offering
Aris : What are you doing, Deb?
Deby : I’m replying e-mail from client and writing 10 articles about travelling.
Aris : Wow, you are so busy, right?
Deby : Yeah. I’m so stressful.
Aris : Shall I do your half job?
Deby : Really? You must be kidding me.
Aris : I’m so serious, Deb. How?
Deby : Thank you so much, Aris. I appreciate your help.
Suggestion
A: What are you going to do to spend the upcoming holiday?
B: I’m not sure. I guess I’m just going to stay at home during the holiday.
A: Me too. I don’t have any plan to do something exciting. I think I’ll be dead out of boredom in this year’s holiday.
B: Hey, why don’t we spend the holiday together?
A: That’s great idea! Do you have any suggestion on where we should go and what we should do on the holiday?
B: How about we spend our holiday at my grandfather’s cottage?
A: What kind of activities can we do there?
B: Anything fun, such as fishing. swimming, surfing, sun-bathing, cycling, strolling around the nature,
A: Did you just mention surfing? Is the cottage near a beach?
B: Yeah. We can walk for about 10 minutes to get to the beach from the cottage. Moreover, it’s also close to a small lake, so that we can catch some fish there.
A: Cool! We’d better ask Jane and Joe to come with us too.
B: Agree! I’ll call Jane and you’ll call Joe.
A: Okay. I hope they can come join us.
my teacher want me to giving suggestion and offering about this picture :
my suggestion and offering :
We should do the self quarantine until this pandemic is over and we should spend more time with family also we should appreciate the doctors. Can coronavirus ended ? Can the vacine be discovered? why dont we do exercise at home ? why dont we give a social assistance ?
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