Offer and Suggestion

2.1. Offer:
A. What is offer?
    Offer is an expression of the desire by people in front
of the other people to do something or not to do something.
Offer means to give something physical or abstract to someone which can be taken as a gift or a trade. Offer can be given in terms of food, money, solution,
friendship or a bargain. it can be taken or refused.
 

B. What is the purpose of offer?
a. to present, introduce or propose a help or a assist
for consideration.
b. to propose a help. It can be accepted or refused.
c, to facilatate interpersonal communication
between people
 

C. How to express offer?

When making offers , we often use the following
expressions :
-May I...?
-Can I...?
-Shall I...?
-Would You ...?
-How about I ...?

Examples of making offers
-May I give you a hand ?
-Can I help you ?
-Shall I bring you some tea ?
-Would you like another piece of cake ?How about I help you with this
-Can I clean the car for you ?
-Shall I help you with your homework ?
-I will you the washing , If You like

Responding to Offers
ACCEPTING AN OFFER:
-Yes.please. I really appreciate it.
-Thank you. That’s very kind of you.
-Yes,.please. That would be lovely.
-Sure. Thank you.
-Oh,thanks. That would be very nice.
-Thank you. I appreciate your help.
-Yes,please. That would be very kind of you.
-I’d love to

DECLINING AN OFFER:
-It’s okay, I can do it myself
-No. thank you
-No, thanks. I don’t want another helping
-Don’t worry, I will do it myself.
-That’s alright, I will manage on my own
-Thank you for the offer.
-I’d love to, but...:
 

2.2. Suggestion:
A. What is suggestion?
    Suggestion is about say or write our ideas about what
people should do.
    Suggest means to give a suggestion that is to introduce or
propose an idea or a planning for someone's consideration.
 

B. What is the purpose of suggestion?
a. Suggest means to present a suggestion that is to
introduce or propose an idea or a plan for consideration. It
can be accepted or refused.
b. Suggestions are abstract and can be in form of
solution, advice, plan, and idea.
c. To facilitate interpersonal communication between
different people

C. How to express suggestion?
    When making suggestions, we often use the following
expressions
-Lets...
-Why don't we ?
-We could...
-What about ...?
-How About...?
-I suggest that
-You might want to change ...
-I think...
-I don't think...

Asking for Suggestion.
-Do you have any suggestions for me?
-Would you mind giving me your suggestion?
-Can you tell me what I should do?
-What should I do?

Giving Suggestion
-You should + V1
-You had better + V1
-You ought to + V1
-I suggest you to + V1
-How about + Ving
-Let’s + V1
-Why don’t you + V1
-Couldn’t you + V1
-What about + Ving

a. Giving suggestion with “let’s”    Let's comes from the word let us, which means: "I have a suggestion for us" (saya punya suatu saran untuk kita)

Example:
-I’m bored.

Suggestion:
-Let’s go to a movie
-Let’s not go to beach.
-Let’s stay home instead

b. Giving suggestion with “could”
“Could” can be used to give suggestion to others
Example:
-What should we do tomorrow?Suggestion:
-We could go on a picnic.
-We could go to Yulia’s party. ·

“Could” can be used to give offer or possibility to others
Example:
-I’m having trouble in math class
-Suggestion: You could talk to your teacher. You could ask Anna to help you with your math lessons.

c. Giving suggestion with “why don’t”
“Why don’t” is the most important phrase in English to provide suggestion friendly.
Example :
-Why don’t we go to a movie?
(In the context of that sentence, "Why do not we go = Let's go")
-Why don’t you come around eight?
(In the context of that sentence means: I suggest you to come around eight)

2.3. Responding to Suggestion:
a. Accepting Suggestion
·Sure
·Ok. Yes, let's.
·Yes, I'd like to.
·Yes, I'd love to.
·What a good idea!
·Why not?·
·Yes, with pleasure.
-That sounds like a good idea.
-That's a good/nice/wonderful idea

b. Refusing Suggestion
-No, let's not.
·No, I'd rather not.
·I don't feel like it.
·I dislike your suggestion.
·What an awful / bad idea!
·I don’t think it’s a good idea. Sorry
·Sorry. That’s boring. Let’s do something else.
·It’s a bad idea.
·No, let’s not. Let’s ...
·I’m afraid, we/ I can’t.
·No, I don’t think so.


Note:
1. The verb "suggest" can be followed by either:
a.should + verb = I suggest (that) we should go to the library.
b. a verb (in the subjunctive form)= I suggest (that) we go to the library.

2. "That" is optional:
-"I suggest that we should visit London."
-"I suggest that we should visit London."
-"I suggest we should visit London."