Relier Pairs Advice as a Politur OfficerVersion en ligne Macth the correct charateristic of every steps of giving advice par Alvaro Mendez and Carolina Ramos . 1 If someone asks you for advice, sometimes it's good to put yourself in their shoes. It is also a good way to explain your advice in English. 2 To make the advice in English less direct, formulate it as a question to get the other person to consider it and not take it the wrong way. 3 "should" and "ought to." They both mean the same thing, but they are not used exactly the same. Here are two examples: • You should go to the tunco beach instead • You shouldn't drink water of River “Sucio” 4 Sometimes you need to put more force on your advice in English so that the other person understands how important it is. For this, you can use the expression "you had better ...": 5 A suggestion or recommendation is another good way to give advice without being direct. You can use the words "suggest" or "recommend" as in the examples: Use a modal verb Ask it as a question Make a suggestion Put yourself in someone else's shoes to give advice in English A stronger piece of advice