Asking Advising

1. Asking for Advice

• Do you think I ought to call my mother?
• What do you think I should buy him for his born?
• Do you have any ideas about how I can sell my smartphone?
• Should I try to talk with him about this matter again?
• If you were him, what would you tall me?
• If you were in my situation, would you forgive her?
• Do you have any advice for him?
• Can you give me some advice?
• Do you have any recommendations about a good hotel in Salatiga?
• Can you recommend a suitable juice for lunch?

2. Offering advice

• I think you'd better start looking for a new job.
• If I were you. I'd stop chatting her.
• It would probably be a good idea to sand this mail by email.
• Why don't you try calling her tonight?
• How about taking the bus instead of driving?
• Try ignoring him for a while.
• I'd say that you'd better quit the club now.
• I advise you to talk with you lawyer.
• My advise is to be carefull doing business with them.
• I suggest that we go out  for lunch today.
• Let me suggest that we buy new copier.
• I recommend that you cancel your appointment.
• My recommendation is that we begin the sales program in Jumada Al Ula.

Expressing Warning

1. Informative Notice

• Out of order(for a machine that not working)
• No vacinies (There are no more rooms to rent in a hotel, there are no jobs in an office)
• Sold out (The tickets are sold out)

2. Do this

• Please queue other side.
• Keep right. 

3. Don't do this

• No smoking.
• No littering.
• No parking.
• No exit.
• Don't lean out of the window.
• Please do not distrube.
• Please do not feed the animals.
• Keep of the grass.
• Silence. Examination is in progress.
• Don't leave bags unattended.

4. Watch out

• Watch your head.
• Fragile (Be careful, this will break easily).
• Watch your step.
• Beware of pickpockets.
• Beware of fierce dog.
• Watch out. The train is coming.
• Look out behind you.

5. Advice

• Take good care of yourself.
• Be careful.
• Take care, please.

Expressing Surprise

• No. I don't belive it.
• Are you serious?
• Are you joking?
• Are you kidding.p
• You must be joking.
• Wow!
• Oh, no. That's not true.
• Really?
• It's surprissing that ...
• What a surprise.
• This is really a surprise!
• Incredible!

Study the following dialog.

Santi : Could you tell me how big a blue whale is?
Professor Green : Well, let me tell you. The blue whale is the largest animal ever known. It exceeds elephants and dinosaurs in size. A blue whale can weigh up to 115 tons.
Santi : Wow, that's an amazing fact.

Espressing Guessing

1. Guessing

• ... I'd say ...
• Could it be ...
• Perhaps it's ...
• I thing it is ...
• It looks like ...
• It's difficult to say but I'd guess ...

2. I haven't a clue

• I'm afraid I don't know ...
• I'm sorry I don't know.
• I haven't any clue.
• I'm not sure.
• I've forgotten the English word for ...
• I can't remember the English of ...

3. Right guessing

• That's right.
• Right.
• Yes, you're right.
• Exactly.

4. Wrong guessing

• No,  I'm afraid not.
• Not quite.
• You're close.
• I don't think so.

Example : 

Awang : It usually walks on desert. It has a hump on its back. It is used to carry people or heavy loads. It has long leg and long curved neck. It is more than two meters tall. What is it?

Wanda : Could it be a donkey?

Awang : No, I'm afraid not.

Wanda : Uhm... it sounds like a camel.

Awang : Exactly.

5. Expressing Surprise

• No. I don't belive it.
• Are you serious?
• Are you joking?
• Are you kidding.p
• You must be joking.
• Wow!
• Oh, no. That's not true.
• Really?
• It's surprissing that ...
• What a surprise.
• This is really a surprise!
• Incredible!

Study the following dialog.

Santi : Could you tell me how big a blue whale is?
Professor Green : Well, let me tell you. The blue whale is the largest animal ever known. It exceeds elephants and dinosaurs in size. A blue whale can weigh up to 115 tons.
Santi : Wow, that's an amazing fact.