Expressing Plan and Suggestion in English
1. Expression of Plan/Intention
The following are the examples to express your plan/intention:
a. I would like to tell you about my childhood.
b. I will visit my grandmother tomorrow.
c. I want to make fried rice.
d. I am going to introduce my sister to you.
e. I would rather watch a movie than go shopping.
2. Expressing Suggestion
3. “be going to” and “would like to”
We can use “be going to + infinitive” to talk about future intention/plan which is fairly certain.
e.g:
I am studying Japanese.
I am going to be a Japanese teacher.
Use “would like to+infinitive” to talk about ambition, hope or preference.
e.g:
I would like to speak Mandarin fluently.
I would like to go to Japan soon.
I would like to be financially free.
Practice the following dialogue in front of the class!
Stephanie: Hello Nesh. Do you have a plan this weekend?
Vanesha: Hello, Ste. No, I don’t. What’s up?
Stephanie: Will you join me? I am going to visit my uncle in village this weekend. There we can play in the rice field. It’s very beautiful because the harvesting time almost comes. It’s yellow everywhere.
Vanesha: That sounds great, Stevy. What else we can do there?
Stephanie: We can also go fishing in a pond behind my uncle’s house. There are many kinds of fish there such as gold fish, cat fish, tilapia fish, snakehead fish, and many others.
Vanesha: Ow really? I can’t wait to go there, Stevy. By the way, how will we go there?
Stephanie: We can take a bus from here. Then we continue with taxibike to reach the village. It’s not expensive. We only need to pay about 20,000 IDR to get to my uncle’s house.
Vanesha: Okey, Stevy. I’ll talk to my mom and dad first. Hope they permit me to go. Because I usually find it difficult to get their permission when I want to go a long distance.
Stephanie: I recommend that you tell them you’ll go with me. They know and trust me. I’m sure they’ll permit you to go.
Vanesha: That’s a wonderful idea. I’ll try it and inform you as soon as I get my parents’ permission.
Stephanie:Okey, Nesh. I’ll wait for the good news.
Please answer the following questions to test your understanding on the lesson!
