Giving Advice / Making Suggestions

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Giving advice/ making suggestions

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1. Place in the correct order:

can

I

make

suggestion

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2. Place in the correct order:

my

made

have

I

mind

up

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3. Place in the correct order:

tried

have

bin

emptying

the

you

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4. Place in the correct order:

for

asked

you

colleagues

help

have

your

Class Discussion

PROBLEM ROOMS

Discuss with a classmate:

• Do you have a 'problem room' in your house? Or maybe a friend's house?
    
• What is the main problem --> describe it.
   
• What advice would you give your classmate?

Giving Advice

SWITCH ROLES!

• Can I make a suggestion?
• Why don't you...
• Have you tried...
• Maybe we could...
  
• How about..
• I have an idea!
• You can...
• You should...
• If I were in your position
• You might want to consider...

Help find solutions.

Use these phrases:

PROBLEM ROOM 1

interior advisor

client with problem room

Giving Advice

ROLE PLAY

interior advisor

client with problem room

• Can I make a suggestion?
• Why don't you...
• Have you tried...
• Maybe we could...
  
• How about..
• I have an idea!
• You can...
• You should...
• If I were in your position
• You might want to consider...

Help find solutions.

Use these phrases:

PROBLEM ROOM 2

After listening to your classmate's advice....

• thank your classmate for the advice.
• say which advice you will definitely use and why.
• ask your classmate how you can contact them again if you have more questions.

EVALUATION:
If you were a real customer, how would you feel after this conversation/ advice? Did you use the phrases? 

the PRESENT SIMPLE & PERFECT

• Facts, routines & habits

I    you   we   you   they

he   she   it

--> base verb

--> base verb +s

TIMELINE

Practice

SIMPLE PRESENT 

• Choose 3 actions.                   fact       routine       habit 
• Turn them into 3 sentences using the Simple Present.

always, never, rarely, sometimes, often, every, whenever ...

SIGNAL WORDS

1. a finished past action without WHEN
    
2.  a continuing action that started in the past (and maybe is still continuing)

I   you  we

   you  they

he  she  it

--> HAVE

--> HAS

TIMELINE

Practice

PRESENT PERFECT 

• REGULAR VERBS

• IRREGULAR VERBS  

walked   talked   worked   

remembered   lied   danced

--> verb +ED

IMPORTANT

Irregular Verbs

PRESENT PERFECT 

--> need to practice

(see examples below)

1. I ........... (try) to change my bedroom decor several times.

2. Mona always ......... (use) green in her interiors.

3. One of the worst issues in this room ......... (be) the lighting.

4. I usually ....... (paint) the walls using a small brush, but it always ........... (take) a long time.

5. Marc ......... (ask) me to pick up his new desk.

Complete these sentences:

make ALL

the TT exercises.