| 1. Making suggestions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Why don't we go to Superland/Big Sea Cruise ? | How about Central Hotel/The Castaway ? | ||
| Why don't we shop at The Plaza/Bob's Antiques ? | Let's go to the Brand Museum/Jazz Concert . | ||
| Why don't we eat at China Hat/Joe's Diner ? | I want to go to Pebble Beach/Star Station . | ||
| 2. Giving reasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| I want to go because it's exciting/fun . | I don't want to because it's too fast/dangerous . | ||
| We should go because it's cute/beautiful . | We shouldn't go because it's boring/expensive . | ||
| Let's go because it's interesting/popular . | Let's not go because it's far away/a long wait . | ||
| Let's because it's scenic/a good chance/cheap/ relaxing/famous/healthy/educational . | Let's not because it's difficult/too wild/cold/scary/ bad weather/dirty/a waste of time . | ||
| 3. Agreeing | 4. Disagreeing | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| OK. | Wonderful! | I'd rather not. | Let's do something else. |
| Good idea. | Sure. | I wouldn't like that. | Let's choose another one. |
| Great! | All right. | I really don't want to. | Let's not. |
| 5. Gathering information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Where is it? | What day? | How long is it? | |
| Where do we go? | What time? | How much is it? | |
| When do we go? | What time does it start? | How do we get there? | |
| What do we do? | What time does it end? | Why? | |
6. Sample dialogs
A: Let's go downtown first.
B: OK. Then let's go to Central Park.
A: Good idea. Where do you want to go after that?
B: Let's eat lunch.
A: Great. Where should we eat?
B: How about Shoko's Diner?
A: What food do they have?
B: Japanese.
A: I'd rather not go there. How about Pete's Place? They have
pizza.
B: OK. Then why don't we go shopping after that?
A: Where do you want to go first?
B: How about Forest Park? Let's go horse back riding.
A: What time?
B: Let's go at 9:30.
A: OK. Then I want to go to bungee jumping.
B: Why?
A: Let's go because it's exciting.
B: I'd rather not. I think paragliding is more exciting.
A: How much is it?
B: About $40.
A: OK. Let's go there. Then why don't we go to Main Street?
B: Why do you want to go there?
A: We could shop and eat lunch.
B: Good idea.