| Asking for Advice | Giving Advice |
| 1. What do you advise me to do? 2. What should I do? 3. What ought I to do? 4. What’s your advice? 5. If you were me, what would you do? 6. I need some advice. I’ve no idea what to do. 7. What do you think I should do? 8. What would you recommend? 9. I’d appreciate your advice. 10. What would you advise me to do? | a. If I were you, I would… b. Why don’t you…? c. You’d better… d. You ought to/should… e. If you take my advice, you’ll… f. It might be a good idea to… g. I advise you to… h. Have you thought about…? i. My advice would be to … J. Have you thought about/tried …? |
| Examples | Examples |
| – I don’t feel well today. My throat hurts, and I have a nasty stomachache. What do you think I should do? | – It might be a good idea to go to a doctor. – Why don’t you go to the doctor? – If I were you, I would go to the doctor. – It might be a good idea to go to the nearest hospital. |
