Asking for advice

Would / were

I would read more books if I were you
We use were with the pronoun I because in this sentence we’re talking about hypothetical situation

If I were you I would record myself to improve your pronunciation skills.
I would start to working out in a Gym to quit smoking if I were you.
I would go to a travel agency to figure out where is the best place to travel if I were you.

I would go to Puerto Escondido if I were you, is amazingly beautiful.

I want to improve my vocabulary skills. What would you do if you were me?
I would use apps like ELSA Speak and practice with the technique called “shadowing” if I were you.

Here my advices 💁🏾‍♀️

• If I were you I’d listen, repeat, and record myself pronouncing some words, apply them in some sentences, then evaluate myself.
• I’d reduce the frequently of consume until lay off of doing it, If I were you.
• If I were you, I’d watch on Youtube a top 5 best places to visit. It always work!

WOULD and WERE are words into the more common structures that are used to give advice or to ask advice (but they aren’t the only ones, we can use SHOULD too).

• For example:
  Question: what would you do if you were me?
  Advice: I would read more books if I were you.

We use WERE with the personal pronoun I, in the affirmative example, because we are using this sentence as a hypothetical situation (we are not talking about the past).
And the word WERE is used for all the personal pronouns when we are talking about the hypothetical situation.

• For instance:
  A need: I feel under the weather (I feel a little sick).
  A advice: I would go to the doctor if I were you.

• Would / were

I would read more books if I were you
We use were with the pronoun I because in this sentence we’re talking about hypothetical situation

We are using the second conditional to ask for advice

Form: If + pas simple, would + simple verb

Examples:

• If I were you, I would save more money.

Lets practice:

• If I were you, I would listen to an English podcast everyday.

• If I were you, I would think that I am harming my lungs.

• If I were you, I would look choose a place according to the activities I like to do.

• If I were you, I would download Elsa, it’s a great app if you want to improve your pronunciation skills.
• If I were you, I would start with small steps, trying to smoke less each day or ask a doctor for help.
• Well, in your place I would look for a place where I know I will be comfortable.

I want to improve my pronunciation skills.
If I were you, I would take the pronunciation courses at Platzi.
I want to quit smoking.
If I were you, I would look for professional help.
I don’t know where to travel on my next vacation.
If I were you, I would look for reviews on the internet.

I would practice more with american person if I were you.
I would do more excercise if I were you.
I would travel to Island if I were you.

If i were you i would take classes at platzy
I would avoid being around smokers if I were you
If I were you, I would check out vacation packages.

I want to improve my pronunciation skills.

• I would see more movies in English and I would get more frieds that speaking English if I were you.

I want to quit smoking.

• I know It´s very difficult to quit smoking but if I were you I would go to the psychologist and I would look for a new habits and pray to God to strengthen me in a new life stile.

I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations.
If I were you

If I were you I would travel around Colombia, There are many beautiful and natural places to visit.

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I would try to speak more.
I would do other things that occupy my mind.
Mmh, If I were you, I would go to the beach.

• If I were you, I would learn English with Platzi, they have an interesting English Academy.
• If I were you, I would stop smoking.
• If I were you, I would go to travel inside our country, it’s beautiful.

Let’s practice! 🎉 📚 ✏️ ⏰

Write advice using would for the following situations.

• I want to improve my pronunciation skills

  I’d listen to music or podcast in English and try to do the shadowing technique if I were you

• I want to quit smoking

  I would take medicine to quite smoking if I were you

• I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations

  I would travel to San Andres if I were you

• I would practice more with other people for strive for a better way to articulate your words if I were you.

• I would do more exercise when I feel like smoking if I were you.

• I would travel to Marruecos if I were you.

1. I would practice speaking with my friends and strangers if I were you
2. I would try to avoid people who smoke, then I would meditate if I were you. This might be a good form to quit smoking
3. It depends on the money that you have, but I would go to Brazil if I were you, it is a beautiful and cheap country to travel to.

“Asking for advice”

• Asking for advice

1. I want to improve my pronunciation skills.
   IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD DOWNLOAD ELSA, IT’S A GREAT APP IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION SKILLS.
2. I want to quit smoking.
   IF I WERE YOU I WOULD TRY TO REDUCE MY CONSUMPTION LITTLE BY LITTLE.
3. I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations.
   I WOULD TRAVEL TO PARIS IF I WERE YOU.

• I want to improve my pronunciation skills.
  I would practice to someone else if i were you
• I want to quit smoking.
  If i were you I would try to reduce my consumption little by little.
• I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations.
  I would travel to Machu Picchu if i were you

1. I would listen to potcast in english if i were you
2. I would change the cigarrette to chewin gum if i were you
3. I would travel to Nepa if i were you

I would go to conversational clubs to improve my pronunciation skills if I were you
I would do exercise to quit smoking if I were you

• I would watch all the pronunciation courses on platzi.
• I would try nicotine replacement therapy if I were you.
• I would go to a good beach if I were you.

• If I were you I would read a book outloud with the correct pronunciaton.

• If I were you, I would ask myself If this is making me better or the opposite.

• I would spin the globe and go where my finger stop it, If I were you.

• I would meet with other persons in voice channels in discord or zoom if i were you

• I would drink a lot of water and do exercise if i were you

• I would go to Acapulco or i have a little money i would go to a balnery if i were you

• I want to improve my pronunciation skills
  I would practice speaking with friend if I were you

• I want to quit smoking
  I would try to do something different if I were you

• I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations
  I would go to the beach if I were you

i would practice speaking more on free times and looking for a native speaker to practice, if i were you
If i were you, i would search for help in a medical center.
if i were you, i would travel to peru and would visit Machu Pichu

• If I were you, I would practice more online.
• If I were you, I would read more about the problem for smoking and ask for help to my doctor.
• If I were you, I would go to a travel agency to see what plans they have.

What would you do if you were me? If i were you i could separate the task in small tasks, and set a deadline for each one of them, with this , you can see your progress and be motivated during the process ,and with out realizing, you will have finished the project.

Hello 👋

• I would use shadowing technique if I were you.
• I would search professional help if I were you.
• I would go to travel to Cartagena; this is a nice place to visit, if I were you.

1. I would record me reading in a loud voice and compare what I read with the expected results If I were you.

2. I would look for a appropiate therapy that helps me to reach that goal If I were you.

3. I would contact a travel agency to know about the most popular places to go If I were you.

Practice:

1. I want to improve my pronunciation skills.
   I would type something in google translate, have the machine pronounce it, try to pronounce it myself, and repeat it multiple times if I were you.
2. I want to quit smoking.
   Maybe I would think how unhealthy that is every time I needed a cigarette if I were in your shoes.
3. I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations.
   I would travel to Patagonia-Argentina if I were you.

Practice

• I want to improve my pronunciation skills. I would join to Platzi English Academy’s Discord if I were you.
• I want to quit smoking. I would start a new hobby if I were you to distract myself.
• I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations. I would look for some inspiration on Pinterest if I were you.

1. I would join to all clases given in Platzi if I were you.
2. I would do exercise when I have the tentation of smoke If I were you.
3. If I were you I travel to Nueve Zelanda

If I were you, I would talk to a lot of people and pay attention to the comments they give me.

If I were you, I would occupy my mind with other things like sports, hobbies, and skills that would keep me away from cigarettes.

Exercise:

1. If I were you, I would listen more conversations in English to identify how they pronounce some words, and practice by myself.
2. I would go to an expert that give me the best recommendations and steps if I were you.
3. If I were you, I would search in TripAdvisor some places according to my budget.

i would listen to english music more if i were you.
if wrere you, i would do more exercise.
i would look out in diferents web pages if i were you or i would go to a travel agency.

• I would sing english songs if I were you
• I would avoid people who smoke If I were you
• I would either travel to Egypt or Thailand if I were you

• If I were you I would listen music in english.
• I would eat chocolate when I feel anxious If i were you.
• I would check cheap destinies If I were you.

Asking for advice 💚

• There are 2 common words for asking for advice: Would - Were.

Example:

1. I want to improve my vocabulary skills. What would you do if you were me?

• I would read more books if i were you.

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💡 To hypotetical situations i use: WERE to every pronouns.

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Excercises 🔥

1. If i were you, i would get learning song lyrics to improve my pronunciation.
2. i would eat much gum if i were you.
3. i would travel to cancún with my whole family if i were you.

1. I Would prove practicing 1 hour a day if I were you
2. I would try to do aerobic exercises if I were you
3. I look at a lot of travel magazines if I were you

• If I were you I practice with sing a lot of music in english.

• If I were you, I try with herbal cigarettes like calendula, manzanilla and others, they don’t have nicotine.

• If I were you I go travel to colombia.

• I want to improve my pronunciation skills: I would take pronunciation classes if I were you.
• I want to quit smoking. If I were you, I would join a support group.
• I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations. I would make a list of the places that I always wanted to visit If I were you.

• If I were you, would take advantage of my free time improving my soft skills are essential for the networking and doing friends

• To improve your vocabulary: I would watch more tv shows or news in english to enrich my listen, if i were you.

• I would start to use a patch nicotine, if i were you.

• If i were you, i would start to check with agency travel and ask for a exotic places to visit.

I want to improve my pronunciation skills.

• I would study phonetics if I were you.

I want to quit smoking.

• I would go to the doctor for help.

I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations.

• I would check the offers available on the internet.

This would be my advice

• If I were you, I would participate in the English Academy’s activities to improve your pronunciation skills.
• If I were you and wanted to quit smoking, I would reduce my consumption gradually.
• I would travel to different cities in Colombia, staying for some days in each one, if I were you.

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Here are my notes from the course I’ve taken so far.

• I would try to do the shadowing technique or find someone to practice my English if I were you
• I would look for professional help and try to reduce my consumption little by little If I were you
• I would watch some travel blogs from different countries to have better context if I were you

I would read out loud if I were you.
I would do excersice if I were you.
I would go Machu Picchu if I were you.

I would listen to english music if I were you.
I would go to therapy if I were you.
I would go to France if I were you.

• If I were you, I would speak to with another member of Platzi in Discord.

• If I were you, the next time when I want a cigarette, I would to do exercise instead.

• If I were you, I would travel to Italy, because is so beautiful.

I would read loudly different English topics If I were you.
I would do another healthy activities If I were you.
I would choose a nature place if I were you.

• I would record my pronunciation on my cellphone if i were you.
• I would join to support groups if i were you.
• I would travel to Cusco if I were you.

Exercise

• I want to improve my pronunciation skills
  If I were you I would read more articles about a topic I like
• I want to quit smoking
  I would replace the cigarette with another object like chewing gum if I were you
• I don’t know where to travel on my next vacations
  If I were you I would search for good travel destinations on google

• I would talk with more people in English if I were you.
• I would be with people who don’t smoke If I were you.
• I would travel to Los Roques if I were you.

I want to improve my pronunciation skills: If I were you, I would try using ELSA speak app.
I want to quit smoking: If I were you, I would leave smokes little by little going down in a half of amount every week.
I don´t know where to travel on my next vacation: I would to Cancun, Mexico or Santo Domingo, RD, If I were you.

if i were you
I would read more books and some news on the websites

If i were you
I would search other habit, I only quit it

If i were you, I would like save money for a business and no vacation

If I were you I would look for a native speaker English friend.
If I were you I wouldn´t buy cigarette.
If I were you I would travel to an English language country to practice my English.

In hiypothetical cases, we use the word “were” with every pronoun.

If I were you, I’d put more time in practice that topic, but disciplinedly, in a way you can measure your improvement.
If I were you, I would star researching about effective methods to quit smooking.
If I were you, I’d choose a place with mane spot to vitis and take pictures.

I would listen to English songs and use de Google tools if I were you.

I would practice some sport if I were you.

I would travel to Guatemala If I were you

I would go to France if I were you

I would practice with another people if we’re you.
I would chew gum. If I were you.

• I would change the language to all of my devices to English if I were you.
• If I were you I start to throw all cigarettes first
• I would go to New Zealand if I were you

I would take some English courses at platzi If I were you

I would learn a new good habit If I were you

I would look for new places If I were you

if i were you, i would go to Qatar

If I were you, I would practice every day.
I would search profesional help, If I were you.
I would travel to Mexico, If I were you.

1. I would listen English conversations to listen how word sounds if I were you.
2. I would recognize that it’s a vice and try an electronic cigarette if I were you.
3. I would travel to riviera maya, visit the beach and relax me if I were you.

• If i were you, I would try to practice speaking.

• I would start using nicotine gum if I were you.

• If I were you, I would travel to thailand

If I were you, I would spend more time studying.
If I were you when you feel like smoking I would chew gum
If I were you I would travel to Greece on your vacations

I would improve and continuous learning English if i were you

If i were you , i would practice everyday talks with a native professor.

If i were you, ,i would read about the impact on my body when i’ll be older.

If i were you i would travel to any antique place. you could understand the past of a City.

• would read articles or news out loud if i were you.

• i would go to english talks and talking about any topic if i were you.

• I would to let smoking gradually, if i were you.

• I would go to Jamaica if I were you. The beach on this island is beautiful.

If I were you, I would watch more news in English
If I were you , I would go to the gym
If I were you, I would travel to an Island of the caribean

1- If I were you, I’d record myself saying some phrases and then you could hear how you sound when you speak english and find out your mistakes.

2- I’d try to smoke one cigar less every day. If I were you.

3- If I were you, I’d travel to Las Vegas. I know that you like to play poker. I promise you that won’t tell to your girlfriend. It would be our secret.

Thanks!

1. If I were you I practice in the Platzi community on discord
2. If I were you I would set a semanal goal and try to smoke less cigarettes dailys
3. If I were you I go to someplace in Caribean

– I would listening diferents kinds of conversation with it own indented.
– If I were you start with another kind of articles also search information about how lo quit.
– If I were you made a list with differents places to I want to go, and writte the advantage and disadvantage to each place.

If I were you I would sing and read more
I would do more excercise If I were you
If I were you I would to travel Japan for vacaton

• I would take a pronunciation course at Platzi, if I were you.
• If were you, I would eat snacks like nuts to reduce anxiety.
• If were you, I would take a small tour of Europe, including Italy and Portugal.

• I recording myself while I listening the pronunciation of a word if I were you
• I quit smoking step by step if I were you, I mean try to smoke 5 cigarettes less day by day
• I love UK so if I were you I will go to london, it is a lovely city and people are very friendly

I would search the pronunciation on google and repeat it and look for singing songs if I were you.

• I would practice as much as I can my speaking skills with other people if I were you.
• I would go to a specialist on this field if I were you.
• I would travel to Argentina if you were you.