Wednesday, January 24, 2018

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE

suggest (I, you, we, etc,).../Why don't we...?/

Let's.../ Shall we ...?/ We could (+ infinitive)

What about...? /How about,,,? (+ing)

I'm happy to... (+infinitive)

That sounds like a good plan/great idea

That works for me/ doesn't work for me

That's not a bad idea but how about ...?(+ing)

That could be a bit difficult. What about...? (+ing)

How soes that sound?

Do we all agree?

Is everyone happy to go with that idea?



Dialogue

Alberto:Ok,so we need a birthday present for Filiberto.
Carlos:How about buying an umbrella?
Alberto:That doesn't work for me.
Tomas:Ok,why don't we get him a kite?
Carlos:That sounds like a great idea,but,we could buy a football.
Alberto:No,he doesn't like football, he likes loved basketball.
Tomas:Let´s buy a pair of baseball trainers.D we all agree?
Alberto/Carlos/Tomas:yes,that´s not a bad idea.