Our lesson today is about advice in English, As we’ll learn how to give advice and we’ll learn how to ask for advice , this lesson contains a detailed explanation with many illustrative examples.
Advice is a verbal assistance we provide to someone in situation who needs advice , In fact we can give advice in English in more than one format and we’ll get to know each format separately .
Read: Countable & uncountable nouns
1- Should - shouldn’t
This format is used in the case affirmation to order doing something , but the case of negative is used to stop doing something.
| The case |
formation |
examples |
|---|---|---|
| affirmation | should+ inf | -You should get up early . -Your bedroom should be dark when you sleep . -You should go to the dentist . -Sara should take care of her daughter. |
| negative | shouldn’t + inf | -When you go to the bed , you shouldn’t have your electronic devices with you . -We shouldn’t eat too much sweet food . -You shouldn’t go back late . -They shouldn’t turn up the radio at night . |
2- Had better
Also, we can use this phrase to give advice directly and this formula includes threatening . the sentence in this formula is divided into Two parts, the first part is threat using (Had better ) and the second part is the result that will happen if the device is not taken .
For examples:
- You had better get the lesson , so the teacher doesn’t angry .
- You had better go to school , so you don’t miss the exam.
- She had better escaped before the police came .
- You had better work hard before the manager comes.
3- Must -mustn’t
It is a basic verb used in English to give orders and oblige a person to perform it.
| The case |
Formation |
examples |
|---|---|---|
| Affirmation |
must + inf |
-Salma must save this lesson. -Ahmed must help his brother. -We must cooperate in the graduation project . |
| negative | mustn’t + inf | -You mustn’t do this again. -He mustn’t watch T.V anymore . -Arwa mustn’t raise her voice to her father. |
Also one of the methods used in giving advice is ( have to ) which is one of the most important expressions of obligation to do something and it comes as a basic verb like the rest of verbs .
| The case |
formation |
examples |
|---|---|---|
| He-she -it |
Has to + inf |
-She has to prepare her bag . -Islam has to make a decision quickly . -He has to pay the money today . |
| We-they -you -I |
Have to + inf |
-They have to travel to Dubai. -You have to call your mom. -We have to go home right away . -We have to meet tomorrow. |
So we know many ways to give advice and now, we’ll know how to ask for advice.
Advice can be requested in English by lots of expressions and of the most important ones are :
- What do you advice me?
- What i should do?
- If you were me , what would you do?
This is where, we go to the end of our lesson, which was about giving and asking advice in English.
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