Permission to Do Something

Language for asking permission Question head Can Could subject I he she they verb phrase with base infinitive borrow your pen? use your phone charger? take the day off tomorrow? ask you something? have one of your sandwiches?

Language for asking permission 2 Question head Would it be OK if Would it be alright if subject I he she they verb phrase with present simple

borrow/s your pen? use/s your phone charger? take/s the day off tomorrow? ask/s you to help me? have/has one of your sandwiches? When asking for permission to do something we usually use the word 'please' to make the re uest sound more polite! It's not grammatically necessary to use 'please' but you may sound rude if you don't use it! 'Please' can be put in different places in the sentence" at the start# end or before the verb$ Please can I borrow your pen? Can I please borrow your pen? Can I borrow your pen# please? % more important way of showing politeness is the tone of voice and intonation! &ven if you use the word 'please' you can sound rude if your pronunciation is not correct! 'enerally the longer an e(pression is the more formal and polite it sounds! )owever remember that pronunciation is always very important in a spoken re uest for permission!

Making and responding to a request

It's important to be polite when you ask for something! *ou can make a re uest by using$

can you !!!? could you !!!? will you !!!? would you mind !!!?

Can you Will you Could you would you mind

close bring me some water# please? open your window# please? possibly open the door for me# please? opening the door for me ?

Making Request: Can you show me your photo album# please? Will you lend me your book# please? Could you possibly show me the way to the post office# please? Would you help me with this e(ercise# please? Would you mind lending me your pen# please? Responding to request: +ure here you are! Okey! ,o# I'm sorry I need it I'm afraid I can't!

!ample "onversation -abien .rad -abien .rad -abien .rad 3r! 4avid 3s! ,ita 3r! 4avid 3s! ,ita 3r! 4avid 3s! ,ita 3r! 4avid 3s! ,ita #t $he Post %ffice $ &(cuse me! Could you give me your pen for a moment please? $ I/m really sorry! It doesn/t write well! $ 0hat/s alright! $ 1to another person2 Would you mind lending me your pen# please? $ Certainly not! )ere you are! $ 0hank you

At The Office
$ 'ood morning# 3s! ,ita! $ 'ood morning# +ir! $ 3s! ,ita# we are planning to hold our ne(t .oard meeting sometime during the last week if this month! Can you prepare the pro5ect report on our proposed proposal? $ Certainly# +ir! I/ll be really glad to do that! $ 0hank you! 6lease get on with the work! *ou may consult me whenever you want to! $ 0hank you# +ir! If you don/t mind# may I know the date of the meeting? $ 3ost probably it will be the 78th! $ OK# +ir!

Telephone Messages
)ere the e(ample of &nglish conversation that talks about telephone messages# we may e(perience the moment when we have to leave messages because we cannot speak with someone directly on the phone! ,ow# please read and en5oy the conversation below! +ecretary 3r! Kale +ecretary 3r! Kale +ecretary 3r! Kale +ecretary 3r! Kale +ecretary 3r! Kale +ecretary 3r! Kale +ecretary $ 'ood morning# 6arker Industries! $ )ello! 3ay I speak to 3s! 'raham# please? $ I/m sorry! +he/s not in! Would you like to leave a message? $ *es# please! 0his is 3r! Kale! $ Is that '9%9:9&? $ ,o# it/s K9%9:9&! $ %ll right! $ 6lease tell her the meeting is on -riday at 7$;<! $ -riday at 7$;<! $ %nd would you ask her to phone me this afternoon? 3y number is 8889=<=<! $ 8889=<=<! *es# 3r! Kale! I/ll give 3s! 'raham the message! $ 0hank you! 'oodbye! $ 'oodbye! Requests: Please tell #nn the meeting is on -riday! &ould 'ou tell her>? "ould 'ou tell her>? Requests: Please ask him to phone me this afternoon! &ould 'ou ask him to>? "ould 'ou tell him to>? @ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA @AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA @AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA @AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA @AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA @AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Messages with statements: 0he meeting is on -riday

Messages with imperatives: 6hone me this afternoon!

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