[Functions] Asking for and giving advice

Question 1

Reformulate with ‘think’

Should I take her somewhere special?

Yes.

Answer 1

Do you think I should take her somewhere special?

Question 2

Maybe Paris. I/think I could propose at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Answer 2

Maybe Paris. I was thinking I could propose at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Question 3

Is it what Becky would really like?

I just don’t know. What do you _ (= предлагаешь)?

Answer 3

Is it what Becky would really like?

I just don’t know. What do you suggest?

Question 4

Well, I you / I take her somewhere special.

Answer 4

Well, if I were you, I’d take her somewhere special.

Question 5

What / you buy? (что бы ты купила) A big diamond, right? So she could show it to her friends?

Answer 5

What would you buy? (что бы ты купила) A big diamond, right? So she could show it to her friends?

Question 6

Seriously?? Tom, do you know Becky at all?
It/ much better / buy something that’s her style, something that you think she’ll like.

Answer 6

Seriously?? Tom, do you know Becky at all?
It’s much better to buy something that’s her style, something that you think she’ll like.

Question 7

So, where/ you think/ should / take my mother on holiday?

Answer 7

So, where do you think I should take my mother on holiday?

Question 8

I you / I take her somewhere warm, like Italy.

Answer 8

If I were you, I’d take her somewhere warm, like Italy.

Question 9

You’ve been to Italy lots of times, haven’t you? Where would you recommend / take her?

Answer 9

You’ve been to Italy lots of times, haven’t you? Where would you recommend taking her?

Question 10

Well, you should _ (обязательно) go to Rome – it’s such a beautiful city.

Answer 10

Well, you should definitely go to Rome – it’s such a beautiful city.

Question 11

And when would you go?

Er, let me see. Well, it / not / good idea/ go in July or August, as it’s much too hot for sightseeing then.

Answer 11

Well, it’s not a good idea to go in July or August, as it’s much too hot for sightseeing then.

Question 12

And where / you think / we / stay in Rome?

Well, there are some lovely hotels in the centre, but they’re at least €200 a night.

Answer 12

And where do you think we should stay in Rome?

Question 13

I can’t afford to pay that much!

Oh, well, in that case it / probably worth / find a hotel outside the centre, then.

Answer 13

Oh, well, in that case it’s probably worth finding a hotel outside the centre, then.

Question 14

_ (намного лучше ехать - go) in May or June, when it isn’t quite as hot.

Answer 14

It’s much better to go in May or June, when it isn’t quite as hot.

Question 15

Oh, well, in that case it’s probably worth finding a hotel outside the centre, then.
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Yes, that m_ s_ (= звучит разумно). Thanks for your advice.

Answer 15

Yes, that makes sense (= звучит разумно). Thanks for your advice.