Giving Advice – Modal Verbs
Giving advice – vocabulary
Can you match the heads and tails of these sentences?
1. I really think you should…
a) … go to work if you have the flu.
2. If I were you…
b) …I’d listen to your mother’s advice.
3. If you want to stop smoking you
should…
c) … a tie if you don’t want to.
4. You ought to study…
d) …try to stop smoking.
5. You shouldn’t…
e) …hard if you want to pass the
exam.
6. You don’t have to wear…
f) … a ring if you work in a factory. It
could be dangerous.
7. You mustn’t wear..
g) … brush your teeth then they will go
yellow and fall out.
8. If you don’t…
h) …get some help from your doctor.
1d 2b 3h 4e 5a 6c 7f
8g
Advice Vocab
1. What’s the difference Advice is a noun
between ‘advice’ and
Advise is a verb
‘advise’?
He gave me some good advice.
He advised her to stop smoking.
2. Can you explain the
difference between
‘mustn’t’ and ‘don’t have
to’
3. What is the
difference between
‘have to’ and ‘must’?
Mustn’t is very strong.
Don’t have to is very weak.
Must is an obligation that comes
from inside ‘you’.
‘Have to’ is an obligation that
comes from outside.
Pre-Listening
- What advice would you
give to someone who was
going to get married?
- What advice would you
give to someone who
won a lot of money?
- Listen to man giving his
brother some advice.
What has happened to
him?
Listen again and answer the questions
1. How much money did
Uncle Tom leave?
2. What does mum say
you should do?
3. What would dad have
told you to do?
4. What does your brother
say you ‘must’ do with the
money?
5. Where did granddad
keep all his money?
6. What happened to the
money?
Half a million dollars.
Put it in the bank.
Spend (blow) the whole
lot.
Give some money to poor
people.
In a suitcase under his
bed.
It was lost in a fire.
Talk about these advice questions
with a partner.
1. Who was the last
person who gave you
some advice?
2. How would you advise
someone to stay
healthy?
3. What’s the best kind of
computer, a laptop or a
desktop?
4. What advice would you
give to someone who
was going for a job
interview?
5. Please give some advice,
I’ve got an exam
tomorrow!
6. If you could talk to the
president or prime
minister of your country,
what advise would you
give them?
7. What was the worst piece
of advice you ever got?
Writing – Agony Aunt
Dear Auntie Lynn,
I’ve been with my boyfriend
for three years now. He
asked me to marry him last
week and I’m not sure what
to say. I do love him but he
doesn’t have good job. He
works as a chef in a dirty
restaurant and I really want
to be rich. Please help me.
Thanks
Sarah
Dear Auntie Lynn,
Please help me. I lost my job as
the manager of a big bank last
month and I haven’t had the
courage to tell my wife and
family about it. My wife and two
children spend a lot of money
everyday and if they found out
that they were poor they would
be so upset. I hope I can find a
job soon, but lately I have been
pretending to go to work
everyday. What should I do?
Answer one of these letters
Thanks
- Use paragraphs
James
- Give two good pieces of
advice
-Write 100 words