Making suggestions
Summary
In this episode of Learning English Grammar, hosts Pia and Phil explore various ways to make suggestions in English. They analyze a dialogue between producers Becca and Neil to highlight specific structures, including using the past continuous for politeness, "have got to" for strong recommendations, and "let us not" for negative suggestions. A guest expert, Georgie, further explains the formal expression "might I suggest that." The episode concludes with a practice game where listeners convert instructions into suggested phrases.
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BBC Learning English resources and intro
Episode introduction: Making suggestions
Practice: Identifying suggestions in dialogue
Dialogue: Planning a dogs and cats program
Reviewing suggestions from the dialogue
Introduction to indirect suggestions
Using past continuous for polite suggestions
Using 'have got to' for strong suggestions
Negative suggestions with 'let us not'
Formal suggestions with 'might I suggest'
Practice game: Turning instructions into suggestions
More practice: Podcasts and team help
Conclusion and call to action
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