Hi,

Here you have some useful expressions to give advice and reassurance apart from the ones you have in the book.

Sometimes, other people get worried about something that is not a problem at all . Here you are,  ten phrases that you can use to reassure them and make them feel better

REASSURANCE

1. Don’t worry.
2. You’ll be fine. / It’ll be fine
3. What are you worrying for?
4. There’s no need to worry.
5. There’s nothing to worry about.
6. It’ll turn out all right.
7. It isn’t as bad as all that.
8. Whatever you may have heard…
9. Rest assured,…(quédate tranquilo)
10. I can assure you that…
11. You are doing the best you can
12. I am always there for you / I will be always there for you
13. I know this is a rough patch, but it’ll turn out all right

How To Use These Phrases In Your English: 

1. The feeling of phrase 1 depends on intonation. If more stress and intonation are placed on ‘don’t’ it sounds kind and reassuring. With more stress on ‘worry’ it sounds a little annoyed at the other person’s anxiety.
2. Phrase 2 is showing your confidence in the situation having a good result.
3. Phrase 3 is mildly criticizing the other person for worrying.
4. Phrases 4 and 5 are saying that the situation is completely fine and there is danger in the future.
5. Phrases 6 and 7 are saying that the situation now is bad but that it won’t continue or isn’t as serious as it seems.
6. Phrase 8 is saying that the negative information is wrong. You follow this phrase with a sentence giving the true, (more optimistic) information.
7. Phrases 9 and 10 are more formal and could be used in business letters.

ADVICE

Asking for advice

• What do you think I should do?
• What should I do?
• What do you suggest?
• What do you advise me to do?
• If you were me what would you do?
• What ought I to do?
• Do you think that I should…?

Giving advice

• If I were you, I would/wouldn’t….
• If I were in your shoes/position, I would…
• If it were up to me, I would…
• You had better/ you’d better…..
• You should…
• I would advise/encourage/suggest/recommend….
• Your only option is to….
• Why don’t you….?
• You’ better (not)… 
• Have you thought about….?
• Have you tried…?
• If it was/were me, I’d …
• Make sure you (don’t) …The sooner you … the better.
• Whatever you do, …
• You have no choice but to …
• … is worth a try.
• A (self-help) book I read recommends + ing…
• A piece of advice from … that I’d like to pass on is to …
• A wise man once said …we should never give up, we should try again, again and over again
• As the proverb says, … when life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. And if you can get up, you can stand up. And if you can stand up, you can fight for your dreams over and over again. (Les Brown)
• You should …, no doubt about it.

ATTENTION: Be careful with the patterns these expressions could follow (gerund, subjunctive, bare infinitive, etc.)