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Asking If You Can Do Something:: Making Requests

The document provides examples of making requests in English, including asking permission to do something, offering help, and accepting or rejecting offers of help. It gives polite phrasings like "Can I borrow...?", "Do you mind if...?", "Would you like...?", "Yes please", and "No thanks". It also includes examples of completing request sentences and common vocabulary used for making requests.

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Asking If You Can Do Something:: Making Requests

The document provides examples of making requests in English, including asking permission to do something, offering help, and accepting or rejecting offers of help. It gives polite phrasings like "Can I borrow...?", "Do you mind if...?", "Would you like...?", "Yes please", and "No thanks". It also includes examples of completing request sentences and common vocabulary used for making requests.

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Making requests

-Asking if you can do something:

“Can I use your computer, please?”

“Could I borrow some money from you, please?” MORE FORMAL

“Do you mind if I turn up the volume?”

“Would you mind if I turned up the volume?”

Do you mind if I = PRESENT


ATTENTION!!!
Would you mind if I = PAST

Examples:

Do you mind if I invite a friend to the party?

Would you mind if I invited a friend to the party?

-Offering to do something

“Can I help you?”

“Would you like another coffee?”

“Would you like me to answer the phone?” MORE FORMAL

“I’ll turn off the tv, if you like.”

“Should I open the window for you?”


-Accepting or rejecting offers:

-Can I help you?


-Yes please. I’d like to know what time the train leaves.

-Can I help you?


-No thanks, I’m just looking. (In a shop.)

-Should I open the window for you?


-Yes please. That would be very kind of you.

-Would you like another coffee?


-No thanks. or No thank you.

-Would you like another coffee?


-Yes please, that would be lovely. or Yes please, I’d love it.

-Would you like me to answer the phone?


-If you wouldn’t mind.

-I’ll turn off the tv, if you like.


-It’s OK, I can do it. or Don’t worry, I’ll do it. or Thank you, that would be
great.

Complete adequately:

1. You're in an English class and you would like to borrow another


student's pen. You say:

_____________ you lend me your pen, please?


Can
Do you mind
Would you mind
2. Your friend is going out to get lunch and you'd like him / her to get
something for you.

Could you _________________ me a favor?


do
give
make

3. Or you can ask your friend:


Would you mind _____________ me a sandwich?
get
getting
to get

4. You are a parent with two children. They want to go out, but you want
them to do their homework first. You say:
I'd _______________ you to do your homework first.
like
need
want

5. Your friend asks to open the window:


Do you mind if I ____________ the window?
open
opening
would open

6. A student in your class asks to share your textbook, saying ''Can I share
your textbook?'' You agree and say:
No problem!
Not at all!
No way!
7. A customer buys something from you and wants a discount. You want
to agree but you need to ask your boss first. You say:
I'll _______________ what I can do.
ask
know
see

8. Your friend wants you to help with an urgent problem, but you can't.
You say:
I'm _____________ I can't help you there.
afraid
sure
worried

Write the questions by putting the words in the correct order.

Sally / play / volleyball / Can / us / with?

____________________________________________

phone / I / please / your / Can /use?

____________________________________________

close / you / that door / Can / please?

____________________________________________

go / we all / Can / to / the game?

____________________________________________

join /Can / your / drama club / I?

____________________________________________
VOCABULARY

To lend – emprestar para


To borrow – pedir emprestado
Do you mind if...? – Você se importa se...?
Would you mind if...? – Você se importaria se...?
Turn up – aumentar (volume, calor, etc.)
To answer – responder, atender (telefone, campainha)
To turn off – desligar
That would be very kind of you – Seria muita gentileza sua
Not at all – de maneira alguma
No way – de jeito nenhum (kind of impolite!)
Customer – cliente
Discount – desconto

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