Suggesting, Agreeing and Disagreeing
Reda: Tomorrow is University Open Day .I feel like going to the university to see how things work there. How about you?
Roumila: That is a good idea! We have two months left before we take our Baccalaureate exam. Let’s visit the University of History first.
Reda:Oh no! History first! Come on. I think we could start with the Faculty of Law.
Roumila: Sorry. I don’t intend to specialize in law. If I pass my Baccalaureate, I will apply for history. So I‘d rather visit the University of History.
Reda: Why don’t we visit both? The University of History is in eastern Algiers. So, I suggest we start visiting the Faculty of Law, then we will drive to the University of history.
Roumila: Great! This means that you will be my driver.
Reda: Yes, sure!
Roumila: Excellent!
Choisir la réponse correcte de la liste
Say if the statements below are true or false
- Roumila and Reda are university students.****
- Reda agrees with Roumila about visiting the University of History first.****
- Reda and Roumila totally disagree and can’t get along.****
- Reda suggests visiting both places.****
- There are three suggestions in the dialogue.****
- Correction: They are high school students.
- Correction: He doesn’t agree with Roumila as he says: ”Oh no! History first! Come on!”
- Correction:They disagree in the beginning but they finally agree about visiting both universities.
- Correction: there are four suggestions:
- a)Let’s visit the University of History first.
- b)I think we could start with the Faculty of Law.
- c)Why don’t we visit both?
- d)I suggest we start visiting the Faculty of Law.
Answer the questions according to the dialogue
- Who suggests going to university and why?
- What universities are they going to visit?
- Reda suggests going to university as they are about to take the Baccalaureate Exam.
- They are going to visit the University of History and the Faculty of Law.
When making suggestions, we can use the following language forms:
- I suggest we goto the cinema.
Subject + suggest (that) subject + subjunctive + complement.
The subjunctive: bare infinitive with all subject pronouns
- I suggest going to the cinema.
Subject + suggest + gerund + complement.
- Why don’t we go to the cinema ?
- We could go to the cinema ?
We + could + base form + complement.
- How about going to the cinema?
How about + gerund + complement?
- What about going to the cinema?
How about + gerund + complement?
- Let us go/ Let’s go to the cinema.
Let’s + base form +complement.
Bad English |
Good English |
Who suggests to goto university? We don’t say “suggest to do" something. |
Who suggests going to university? We say suggest doing. |
Suggest + gerund (stem + ing)
Example: She has suggested buying the blue car.
Now Learn How We Agree To A Suggestion And How We Turn It Down
Suggestions | Agree to suggestions | Turn down suggestions but give sound reasons |
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Sorry, I can’t. I have to finish some homework.
Sorry, I don’t intend to have go out tonight. Ihave to take care of my little sisters. |
- إختبارات
- 7
- الأجوبة الصحيحة
- False
- الأجوبة الخاطئة
- False
- مجموع النقاط
- False
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