Polite Requests
When we don't know how to go to a place or how to do something, we ask someone for instructions politely.
- "I don't know how to use my new smart phone. Can you show me how to do it, please?"
- "Could you show me the way to the bus station, please?"
- Formal polite requests made to people we do not know very well.
Its form:
Could + subject + infinitive form of the verb + complement?
- ”Could you drive less quickly, please?”
- ”Could you speak more quickly, please?”
- Informal polite requests made to people we are familiar with.
Its form:
Can + subject + infinitive form of the verb + complement ?
- ”Can you speak louder, please?”
- ”Can you say it more clearly, please?”
We also have to be polite if we want someone to do something for us Or we ask for permission to do something or make an offer.
- Form1: to make an offer
Would you like to + verb……?
- "Would you like something or something else?"
- “Would you like to take a single room or a double room?
- “Would you like to take tea or coffee?"
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Form2: to ask for permission
May + I / we + verb +………?
- “May I borrow your pen, please?”
- “May we take photos in this museum?”
- Form3: to ask someone to do something for us
Do you mind + verb + ing..............?
Would you mind verb + ing...........?
- "Do you mind opening the door"
- "Would you mind calling a taxi for me?”
- “Could you call the security agent?”
- “May I use your phone?”
Keep in mind that in spoken English, the modals “could", ”may” and ”would” make the form sound polite without “please”.
However, an imperative sentence becomes polite when we use“please” at the end of the sentence.
Order: “Shut the door!”
Polite form: “Shut the door, please”
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