mẫu ngữ pháp · neutral

recommend + V-ing / recommend that + clause

Band 5-6speakingtask2

to suggest that something should be done or that someone should do something

Examples

“I recommend visiting the museum while you're in the city.”

“The doctor recommended that he rest for a week.”

“They recommended increasing the budget for the project.”

Band 8 sentence

“Based on the evidence, reviewers recommended increasing the research budget to support long‑term studies.”

Collocations

  • recommend + V-ing
  • recommend that + subject + (should) + base verb

Word family

recommend verbrecommendation noun

Common mistakes

I recommend to visit the museum.→I recommend visiting the museum.

They recommend that he should to rest.→They recommend that he rest.

Say it for a higher band

5recommend to + V→6suggest + V-ing→7+recommend + V-ing / recommend that + clause

Synonyms

suggest + V-ing

Easily confused

suggest + V-ing

“I suggest trying the local food.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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In Gerunds & infinitives

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