mẫu câu · neutral

suggest + V-ing / suggest that + clause

Band 4-5speakingtask2

to offer an idea about what someone should do; often followed by a gerund or a 'that' clause

Examples

“She suggested going to the museum on Saturday.”

“He suggested that we leave earlier to avoid traffic.”

“In my report I suggested increasing the budget for public transport.”

Band 8 sentence

“Given current data, I would suggest conducting a pilot study before rolling out the programme nationwide.”

Collocations

  • suggest + V-ing
  • suggest that + subject + (should) + base verb
  • suggest doing something to someone

Word family

suggested verb (past)suggestion nounsuggestive adjective

Common mistakes

She suggested to go to the museum.→She suggested going to the museum.

He suggested that we should to leave early.→He suggested that we leave early.

Say it for a higher band

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

Synonyms

recommend

propose

Easily confused

recommend

“I recommend introducing stricter regulations to reduce pollution.”

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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