Conversation Practice Giving Advice • • • • • • If I were you You’d better At least you should… You should… Try to… Instead of… try to… Accepting the advice completely • • • • That’a true I hadn’t thought about that Ok I can that Yes, you’re right I’ll that Of course! I Should’ve thought about that Hesitating • • • • You may be right, but the thing is… Well, you see… I’m not sure Maybe I could… I’m not sure if this is the best thing to now Now, create a conversation with these situations using the expressions above: You need to buy a new car and your intention is to get a loan at the bank Ask 10 your friend for an advice You bought a flight ticket to England for your next vacation, which is going to be on July But you don’t speak English You saw your best friend’s girl/boyfriend with someone else and you don’t know if you tell it or not You have an important event to go to next holiday and you can’t miss your class/work You are married and you have two children And now, your mother-in-law wants to live in your house A job offer was sent to you They’ll pay you a very good salary but this opportunity is only for five months and you’ll also need to move to another country The salary you’ll receive in case you accept the offer corresponds to two years of average work You don’t know if you accept it because of your wife/husband and kids It is your birthday and a friend of yours gave you a trip as a gift But the date for the trip is not coincident to your vacation time Your light and water bills are late but you have money to pay only one of them Last week you got the chance of your life: you won a lottery prize of U$ 12.000.000,00 Ask a friend what should you with the money Johnathan , who is your boss, offered you a new job position at your work place For this position you’ll get a higher salary but you’ll have to work on weekends and holidays Ask a friend for an advice