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- Exam: PET
- Course:
SUPPORT DOCUMENTS - CONCEPTS - MAKING SUGGESTIONS
Instructions
Complete the sentences by dragging and dropping, or typing the correct word, or its corresponding letter, into the answer box.
Once all the sentences have been completed, click on CHECK to identify mistakes.
If the word chosen is correct, it will show in green.
If the word chosen is not correct, it will show in red, and when that happens, try another word and press the CHECK button again until all the answers show in green.
SHALL WE, LET'S, HOW ABOUT, WHY NOT, WHY DON'T WE
Theory:
There are several ways of making suggestions in English, like,
SHALL WE, WHY DON'T WE, HOW ABOUT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, LET'S …, WHY NOT..
They are used in the following way:
You go out with a friend and would like to suggest a trip to the cinema.
You could say
SHALL WE GO TO THE CINEMA ?
Or
WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE CINEMA?
Or
HOW ABOUT GOING TO THE CINEMA?
Or
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO THE CINEMA?
Or
LET'S GO TO THE CINEMA.
Or
WHY NOT GO TO THE CINEMA?
Exercises:
I am free tomorrow. Why (1) we go fishing?
I am free tomorrow. How (2) going fishing?
I am free tomorrow. (3) we go fishing?
I am free tomorrow. (4) go fishing?
I am free tomorrow. Why (5) go fishing?
I am free tomorrow. (6) you like to go fishing?
Typical PET Transformations:
Shall we go into town this afternoon?Would you (7) to go into town this afternoon.
What about playing the game now?
(8) we play the game now?
Possible answers:
- A) let's
- B) about
- C) would
- D) don't
- E) shall
- F) not
- G) like