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Three Step English for Intermediate Learners - Learn #30 - Making Strong Suggestions - Grammar

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

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learn to make strong suggestions

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Let's look at the sentence pattern.

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This pattern is the structure that all of our examples will follow.

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Noun plus must plus bear infinitive.

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In this pattern, we start with a noun, the person or thing, we're strongly advising.

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We follow it with the modal verb must, which clearly shows the suggestion

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is strong and important. Finally, we use a verb in the bare infinitive form, expressing the recommended

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action clearly and directly. When we say must, we're expressing a very strong recommendation or necessity.

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Notice that must never changes form and is always followed by the base form of the verb.

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Let's see how a line from the dialogue follows this pattern.

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You must take your family out to the country sometime. In this sentence, you is the noun.

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It's the person who is receiving the suggestion.

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Must indicates that the speaker feels strongly about the suggestion,

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and take is the verb in its infinitive form,

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showing the action the speaker recommends.

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The speaker strongly suggests the listener do something enjoyable, take their family to the

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countryside.

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This sentence pattern can also be used when making an invitation to someone.

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When saying something like, you must come to our party on Saturday, the invitation is, in a way,

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a strong suggestion. Note that must usually has the feeling of a formal suggestion. It can

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also be used to give strong recommendations for serious topics, like when giving advice about health.

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Now, let's look at some speaking examples.

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London is really fantastic and you must go there.

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