Making Requests. Primer tema de ingles 2, Diapositivas de Idioma Inglés

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Semana 3: Unidad 1

Inglés II Docente: Daniela Yglesias Cubero Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales

Making

Requests

Making requests – asking if you can

do something

Here are the four most common ways for making requests (when you

want to do something):

• “ Can I use your computer, please?”
• “ Could I borrow some money from you, please?”
• “ Do you mind if I turn up the heating?”
• “ Would you mind if I turned up the heating?”

Speaking tip : Could is more polite that can.

Do you mind if…” is followed by the verb in the present tense , but

would you mind if… is followed by the verb in the past tense.

When you’re using these two sentences, don’t use please. It’s already

polite enough!

Offering to do something for another

person

You can make an offer using a phrase like Can I… ?, Shall I… ?, Would you like me to…? For example:

• “Can I help you?”
• “Shall I open the window for you?”
• “Would you like another coffee?”
• “Would you like me to answer the phone?”
• “I’ll do the photocopying, if you like.” Shall, can and will are followed by the verb without to. Shall is particularly British English and is more formal than can. Would you like… is followed either by a noun, or by an object pronoun and the verb with to.