Making Suggestion and Requesting Something

MAKING SUGGESTION

Making Suggestion is how you express your suggestion to someone.

1) WHAT ABOUT/HOW ABOUT ... + Base form + -ING

• What about going to the swimming pool tomorrow?
• How about going to the swimming pool tomorrow?

2) WHY + Negative

• Why don't we go to the swimming pool tomorrow?

3) IMPERATIVE: Let's + Base form

• Let's go to the swimming pool tomorrow!

4) COULD

• We could go to the swimming pool tomorrow.

5) DO YOU WANT + the infinitive

• Do you want to go to the swimming pool tomorrow?

REQUESTING SOMETHING

Requesting Something is what we say when we want to ask someone to do something for us.

Requesting

• Would you mind …, please?
• Can/Could you …?
• Will/Would you …?
• Please …

Accepting Requests

• Sure, I’d be glad/happy to …
• Of course/Certainly.
• No problem.
• Sure. Just a moment.
• Refusing Requests
• I’d loved to, but …
• It sounds great, but …
• I’m/sorry, but …
• Sorry to say that …

Biasanya, "would" atau "could" digunakan saat formal. Seperti pada contoh

berikut:

Could you open the window for me, please? Sure.