Saturday 20 January 2018

Functional language

Reaching an agreement

I 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 does that sound ?
Do we all agree?
Is everyone happy to go with the idea ?

Dialogue

-Hi guys, tomorro it´s Emma´s birthday, what are we going to buy her ?
-How about buying her some new clothes in the sales?
-No, she has plenty of clothes in her wardrobe
-So, why don´t we get her the new Marvel comics?
- I don´t think that´s a good idea, she already has all the comics
-And we could buy her the new Ed Sheeran´s CD ?
-That sounds like a great idea
-That works for me to
-So, is everyone happy with that idea ?
-Yes !!! Let´s buy it !