Making Suggestions - Functional Language
Practise making suggestions at B2–C1 level with useful phrase patterns and short situation-based responses. A separate page of suggested answers supports checking and discussion of other appropriate responses.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Useful phrase patterns
- Situation-based response practice
- Space for written responses
- Suggested answers on page 2
Put forward a practical professional option without making it sound like a command.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use page 1 for learners and retain the suggested answers on page 2 until after independent responses.
- Compare Perhaps we could with It might be worth and One option would be to, checking verb endings.
- Write suggestions about customer feedback, overloaded colleagues, designs, budgets and weekend-work fairness.
- Select one proposal and add a short reason; let a partner question its practicality before revising it.
Support and extension
Provide a problem/option/benefit outline. Extend by proposing a small trial rather than immediate full change. Suggested answers are examples; assess tone and relevance, not agreement with one management solution.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
