طلب وإعطاء النصيحة Asking for and Giving Advice

Asking for and Giving Advice

 

 

Asking for Advice

What do you advise me to do?

What should I do to……?

What do you think I should do?

What do you advise…?

What would you do in this situation?

If you were me, what would you do?

What ought I to do?

What’s your advice concerning this issue/problem/matter?

I need some advice. I’ve no idea what to do.

I am at a loss to know what to do. What do you think?

What do you think I should do?

What would you recommend?

What do you suggest?

Have you got any ideas?

I'd appreciate your advice.

What would you advise me to do?

What would you do if you were me?

Do you think I should ...?

Would it be a good idea to ...?

How would you react in my position?

What would be the best solution?

 

Giving Advice

Maybe/ I think you should ……

If + subject + (simple past) + subject +would + (infinitive)

You’d better + verb (infinitive)

You ought to/should……

I advise you to….

It is better to……………..

It might be a practical idea if you ………..

My advice to you is + to + verb (infinitive).

If I were in your shoes, I would…………………..

If I were in your position/situation, I would ……….

My advice would be to …

What you need to do is ...

One thing you could do is ...

It’s a good idea to ...

If I were you I would ...

It might be a good solutionto...

It would probably be better/safer/wiser to ...

I think your only option is to .. 

 

Responding positively

• That's a good idea!
• I think you're right - I'll do that!
• I never thought of that.
• Yes, that might help.
• I'll give it a try and see what happens.

         Responding negatively

No. I don't think so.

I don't think that would help.

I'm not convinced of that, but I'll think about it.

I don't think that's the solution ... but thanks anyway.

I've already tried that but thank you for the suggestion.