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Suggesting ideas
Lesson code: L9F6-MG7B-DNT2-M
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1 Describing ideas
Study these phrases and use them to describe the ideas below (more than one answer is possible):
a bright idea
a foolish idea
a ridiculous idea
an original idea
a clever idea
a crazy idea
a dumb idea
an unusual idea
a sensible idea
a terrible idea
1. If you want to learn a language faster, you should visit the country where it is spoken.
2. If you want to get a good job, you should bribe your potential boss.
3. If you want to make a lot of money, you should go to a casino.
4. If you are exhausted, you should lie down and rest.
5. If it is raining outside, you should take an umbrella.
2 Key words
Complete the sentences below with the following words that you will hear in the next exercise.
book
deal
lively
stunning
time
touristy
in summer. It's better to come in spring when there are fewer visitors.
off work.
5. You can see the whole of the beautiful city from the top of the tower. The view is
6. Barcelona is a very
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4 Talking point
Where would you go on your ideal weekend break? Why?
5 Suggesting ideas
Put the expressions into the correct categories. Listen to the dialogue again and tick the ones that you
hear.
(Where/What/Who) do you have in mind?
How about...?
I suggest we...
I was thinking about...
Right, that makes sense.
What about...?
What do you think about...?
Yes, that might be worth trying.
Making a suggestion:
Accepting a suggestion:
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Rejecting a suggestion:
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Which expression would you use to strongly reject a suggestion? Which would you use to accept a
suggestion unenthusiastically?
6 Role play
Work in pairs or groups. Take turns to select a situation from the list below and ask the other students
for suggestions. You may invent additional details. Practise asking for, making, accepting and rejecting
suggestions . Give reasons for rejecting ideas where necessary. Continue the activity until the end of
the lesson.
1. Your are going to a friend's birthday party, and you don't know what present to get him.
2. You need a new mobile phone, and you don't know which model to buy.
3. You have won $50,000 in a lottery. You don't know what to do with the money.
4. You have a meeting with an old friend who you haven't seen in years. You want to take him/her out
somewhere nice but you don't know where.
5. You want to rent a good DVD, but you don't know which film to watch.
6. You have a free day tomorrow and you don't know what to do.
7. You have started a new job and you have to get up much earlier than usual. This is a problem for you.
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