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how to make requests and offers how to
make requests and offers great for
beginners so if you have not already
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as usual i have made today's lesson in
three parts we're going to talk about uh
first how to make requests second we'll
talk about how to make offers and third
i'll introduce some other uh some other
patterns that relate to both of these so
let's get started
with the first one the first part for
today is making requests making requests
so a request to review a request is when
you want something from someone so you
want an object from someone or you want
someone to do something for you so that
means when you need help when you need
information and so on these are the
patterns you can use
to make simple requests simple requests
so this is interesting because we can
use all of these
in the same way we can follow all of
these with an infinitive verb so let's
start with this first one
will you will you
for this lesson i'm going to focus on
this you pattern so that means i'm
asking you the listener directly
you can change this you to uh he or she
can he or can she i'll talk about that a
little more later for now let's begin
with this pattern will you plus the
infinitive form of a verb so the
infinitive form of a verb means the
basic form of the verb when you look at
the verb in the dictionary you see to
plus verb yeah like to eat or to sleep
or to help that's the infinitive form of
the verb so there's no change to the
verb
so we use uh in the first example
pattern will you plus infinitive form so
for example will you help me please
or will you buy me a coffee so the verb
following the verb after this will you
is in the infinitive form no change to
this verb here will you buy me a coffee
is a simple request a simple request
the second pattern is can you can you so
in today's english we use can you and
will you for requests in the same way
they have the same goal really
if you want to be really really specific
we can
refers to
possibility so if you want to be really
like strict and specific like this would
mean is it possible for you to do
something is it possible but we use this
in today's english to mean do this thing
for me or will you do this thing so in
today's english these two
have the same purpose and the same
meaning
will you and can you so again can you
plus the infinitive form of a verb for
example can you show me
how to use this software can you show me
how to use this software
so again
can you right here
is followed by so after can you is show
show the verb show
so can you show me how to use this
software
so
this can you show me pattern is a really
good pattern to use when you want
someone to teach you something
can you show me how to
blah blah blah can you show me how to
use can you show me how to start this
car this smart car i don't know can you
show me how to something so this show is
a natural verb choice sometimes i hear a
learner say can you please teach me
to do this thing
there's no communication problem there
but at least for uh north american
english speakers we use the verb show
can you show me how to do something
okay
uh let's see kareem says can you show me
where the railroad station is can you
show me where the railroad station is a
quick point if you're uh if the end this
part if after this this uh how can you
show me how or can you show me where can
you show me what at this point
right here
where you have this like question inside
your question
if this question uses the verb be so
that means is was were and so on you
have to change the order so for example
where is the station becomes where the
station is so this is a little a little
different point from what i want to
focus on today this is called embedded
questions embedded questions if you want
to know more
maybe i can talk about that more in
another live stream
uh okay let's go on to the next one the
next one is would you would you so a lot
of people ask what's the difference
between will you and would you here so
would you is just like a more polite
version of will so
will you buy me a coffee and would you
buy me a coffee it just sounds a little
bit more polite your request becomes
more polite both are correct
i would probably say to my friend will
you buy me a coffee
and maybe to someone i don't know very
well like would you please help me with
this thing so would you sounds a little
more polite than will you
so would you plus the infinitive form of
the verb again for example
uh would you please give this to our
client would you please give this to our
client so you have for example like some
paperwork and you pass it to your
co-worker your co-worker to your
colleague you say would you please give
this to our client so would is natural
there because i'm it's a professional
situation yeah so would you please give
this to our client
uh also you'll notice
i've included please here so please i've
put this before the verb please give
this to our client you can put please
before your verb to make it more polite
to make to increase the level
of politeness to uh to the request
someone in the chat says what about a
can and could i just covered can so
could you can also use could you could
you please give this to our client also
it's fine to use could sounds more a
little more polite than can as well keep
in mind that when you use a could so can
you i'll include it here could you
again it refers to possibility it's like
saying is it possible to give this to
the client so it's great it's correct to
use uh you can use that too
someone says what about shall and should
yes we're going to cover shall in part
two of today's lesson
uh okay um what was i talking about yes
including please here so to improve to
increase the politeness of your request
using please so please is before the
verb here would you give this to our
client please is also correct so you can
change the position of please in the
sentence it doesn't change the meaning
so put it here
before the verb
or here at the end of the sentence we
can do the same thing with these
examples too will you please buy me a
coffee or will you buy me a coffee
please both are correct
or
can you show me
how to use this software you could say
can you please show me how to use this
software or can you show me how to use
this software please all correct it's up
to you you can choose the positioning
uh okay i don't see other questions so
let's go to the last point just please
just please so i've included please here
uh because it's a direct way to make a
request we use this like with little
kids
it is polite but it's like teaching kids
how to be polite so please plus the
infinitive form of the verb so for
example please take off your shoes
before you enter so please take off take
off means remove take off your shoes
before you enter before you enter the
room so this is a direct request
uh using please this one this is
something you see on like signs so maybe
in a hotel or in another service
situation like please do not smoke for
example
please take off your shoes so these are
more direct they're polite and direct
commands please
so these are a few basic patterns that
you can use to make a request some of
you are already answering my comment my
comment question which is to make a
request make a request uh so i'm looking
for some of those uh yay says would you
please teach me english yes i'm already
teaching you english great uh some other
ones
uh lions king on facebook says will does
it show future tense yeah kind of will
you buy me a coffee it's like asking the
other person to make a decision now so
if i say to the control desk person like
hey will you buy me a coffee like right
now
probably he'll say no because he's busy
so i'm asking about his future action
there yeah will you buy me a coffee
right now well no i'm busy so it's about
it's about a future situation yes will
you do this thing for me
also i mentioned at the beginning of
this part we can change this u yeah so
for example you want someone else to do
something like for example with can like
can he
bring that file to the meeting you can
ask about someone else so can he do this
thing or can she do that thing you can
make a request
to someone else so maybe they're not in
the meeting now but i tell my co-worker
and they give the message to somebody
else
you can do that as well
okay
we
have lots of people watching that's
great awesome
but i have to take a break i'll take one
break and then we'll go to part two
today which is offers offers so uh quick
break phew that was a lot uh let's go to
these i've chosen a few things i think
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the video if you're watching on youtube
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making requests and offers are important
this one is the school one it says back
to school and business english but on
the back i'll show you
i'll show you the school one first maybe
on the back of the school one there are
some phrases for class
this today's lesson includes requests
and offers which you can use politely in
your lessons as some of you are doing in
the chat to ask something from your
teacher or to ask something from your
classmate so checks out the school one
for some school vocab the other one here
is the business english one on the back
you'll find phrases for a business
meeting so this is another key situation
where making requests and offers
correctly is key so pick up this one
this is the business english pdf these
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okay
uh
wow let's get going i talked for a long
time for the first part so let's
continue on to the next part of today's
lesson if you are just joining today's
topic is how to make requests and offers
requests and offers part one today was
about requests making requests so part
two today is about offers i'm going to
cover offer patterns now so if you have
not already please make sure to like and
share the video so that other people can
find today's lesson
and we'll get into part two so
let's take a look
offer patterns now offers i want to
start
with this pattern this would you like
pattern would you like there are two
patterns i want to introduce
but maybe actually maybe first let's
talk about an offer what's the
difference between a request and and
offer so in part one a request you want
something right you want someone to do
something for you or you want an object
an offer is the opposite you want to
give someone something or you want to do
something for someone so requests are
getting something offers are giving
something that's the difference here
so let's talk about some offer patterns
first would you like person
to
verb would you like person to verb this
one
this is an action
an action
so
you want to give an action for example
would you like me
to close the door
would you like me to close the door so
that means i'm offering to close the
door would you like that this is a
polite way to offer an action to offer
to do something for someone so don't
forget this too in front of your verb
i've included person here because you
can change the person in the sentence
would you like him to close the door
would you like her to help you so you
can change the person in the sentence to
change the
details of the offer
if however if however you want to talk
about
an object there's some object like food
or drink for example you want to give
someone use would you like plus noun
phrase would you like plus noun phrase
for example would you like some cake
would you like some cake so this is a
simple offer of an object so you want to
give someone a physical object so this
pattern
is for an object
an object would you like this thing
so please keep in mind action pattern
object pattern would you like person
would you like me to do something some
verb or would you like this thing
so please keep in mind there are two
patterns there
i want to talk about something i think
actually i saw it in the chat today too
i have seen in your comments uh quite a
few times something like this
would you like to teach me this grammar
point would you like to teach me this
grammar point yes this sentence this
offer i'm quite bright there i'll move
over here
this uh this offer is not really an
offer right you're this person the
writer here would you like to teach me
this grammar point this is not really an
offer right this is actually a request
right so you want someone to teach you
in your case you want me to teach you a
grammar point make it a request instead
would you please teach me this grammar
point this sentence this is a request we
don't use this kind of like backwards
offer it sounds like an offer like would
you like to teach me something it sounds
a little bit strange because it's like
you are making an offer but you actually
want something from the other person so
instead of something like this please
use a request pattern instead
uh okay so with that point uh let's see
do i see some example sentences yeah
your task for this one
is to make an offer oh sorry it's hard
to see there please send an offer in the
chat write an offer with one of these
patterns in the chat please okay so on
to uh maybe it's easier should i stand
okay no i'll stand here a little bright
i'll go to the next one then someone in
the chat earlier asked about shall shall
so uh shall yes shall is used here and
there so here and there means a little
bit
but generally shall sounds very
old-fashioned
when you make offers but let's talk
about it how do we use it
so when we want to make an offer for
something when we want to offer to do
something
we use shall i usually because it's my
offer
shall i plus the infinitive form of the
verb shall i something
for example shall i bring a bottle of
wine to the party so here my infinitive
verb is bring shall i bring a bottle of
wine
or
shall we in this case shall we so it's
like maybe uh
family or husband and wife or boyfriend
and girlfriend so two people together
deciding hmm shall we cook dinner
tonight so it sounds kind of like an
offer kind of like a suggestion
the following verb is in the infinitive
form
so
yes
you can use these but as i said shall
tends to sound a little old-fashioned
it sounds a little bit on the
old-fashioned side
um so the maybe the most common use of
this shell is actually in a set phrase
where people
just say
shall we shall we we use shall we before
we begin an action that is very clear so
for example if you and your
husband or wife or partner boyfriend
girlfriend you arrive at an event and
you're standing outside the event
preparing to go inside when it's time to
go in
one person might say shall we which
means shall we go into the event like
the next step is very clear
in those cases when both people or when
all people understand the next step in
the situation
you might hear or it's fairly common to
hear shall we shout just that so no verb
just shall we so that's like suggesting
or offering that we go to the next step
so that's that's fairly common this one
sounds rather formal a bit old-fashioned
you might hear it in like a service
situation
but generally
we use something a bit different i'll
explain later
alrighty let's continue
to
the next one uh i haven't seen
any questions yet ah someone has a good
one on facebook i missed your name
cheering maybe shall we start the
meeting good shall we start the meeting
sounds nice okay let's go to this last
one
can i get you can i get you this one i
included here because it's very common
in service situations when i say service
situation i mean restaurant bar cafe
hotel
some like staff and customer situation
like maybe a retail situation a shopping
situation
so
can i
get you can i get you so imagine this
get is like bring
so or provide can i bring you or can i
provide you something
we follow this with noun phrase so you
will hear this
from the person
the waiter or waitress the wait staff
at your table at a restaurant can i get
you something for example
can i get you anything to drink can i
get you anything to drink so that means
would you like something to drink
they use this can i get you that's like
asking is it possible for me to bring
you something to drink it's another way
to make a polite offer to do something
for someone to bring something
one more
can i get you an appetizer can i get you
an appetizer so please keep in mind this
can i get is like can i bring this thing
for you so this is natural to use in a
service situation or maybe if you have a
guest in your home like someone uh in
the chat i think it was pasta kim said
can i get you a blanket can i get you a
blanket or some way you're basically
you're trying to
make a hospitable environment so that
means a pleasant environment
for your guest in some way
all right so those are the offer
patterns i want to talk about and then
uh in the last part of today's lesson i
will introduce some other patterns that
are very useful to think about
uh
sun on facebook says what about could
you we talked about could you in the
requests part so please check out the
first part of the lesson this is uh
being recorded so please don't uh don't
worry so you can check this uh
after this lesson has finished
okay uh i guess i will show today's the
pdfs again one more time oh is it okay
okay uh so i showed you i showed you
earlier for free stuff the back to
school outside the back to school and
the business english pdf i'll show you a
couple of different ones now i just
mentioned
hospitality situations yeah so for
example
going out to eat this says dining like a
champ this one's about food and eating
and this one is about hotels so
accommodations hospitality yeah so again
on the back of this food one there are
some expressions
for dining things to say at a restaurant
so you can pick this up to get some more
expressions and vocabulary for food for
eating
how to describe that and you can check
out this one the hotel one
and find on the back sentences you'll
use in a hotel so you can include
today's points as well making requests
or making or rather listening to offers
in a hotel so if you want to download
these please check these out from the
link below the video if you're watching
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video if you're watching on facebook
someone says what's an appetizer an
appetizer is like a small meal it's like
a
few bites of something very small before
the main meal so like cheese and
crackers is a common
appetizer
all right let's go to the last part for
today's lesson a very short part for
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the other section so these are a few
patterns i wanted to introduce
for for your reference and also because
you hear them a lot in media first is
could i get could i get so we just
practiced this pattern can i get you
something as an offer pattern yeah but
when you want to make a request
you can say could i get so again this
get means bring
could i get
a fork
or could i get another drink
could i get an appetizer please could i
get the wine menu please so again this
get refers to someone bringing something
to you
so restaurants hotels service situations
so
this is a request
to
bring something
so this is a request pattern
could i get could i get yes you you can
use can i get can i get but could sounds
a little more polite than can could i
get the wine menu please
sounds very nice
next is another offer pattern another
offer pattern that's very casual do you
want do you want you can use this one
with your friends
do you want to
if you want to talk about an action do
you want to verb
do you want to see a movie do you want
to go to the beach this weekend do you
want to
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visit our friend do you want a verb
if however you want to offer
an object like we talked about
here if you want to offer an object do
you want noun phrase same thing
so
do you want some cake do you want a
drink do you want something to eat
we follow the same pattern i talked
about here the difference is politeness
do you want something sounds more casual
it sounds closer than would you like so
polite would you like casual do you want
something
okay
let's go to the next one the next two uh
are just they're extremely extremely
casual
i have written on the board the way we
pronounce them but please don't uh don't
type these in formal or professional
situations these two words are gimme
and lemmy gimme and lemmy gimme is the
this is the print the way we pronounce
this word when we reduce
give and me
give me it becomes gimme in quick speech
like give me another drink or give me
something to eat or give me that that
means that's a very direct and casual
way to say give me something so there's
no please there's no thank you there's
no could i just gimme gimme this thing
that means i want that so this is for
close friends and family members this is
very very casual
on the other hand lemmy lemmy so lemmy
is the reduced form of let and me
let me you might hear some people using
these when they order at fast food
restaurants like give me a cheeseburger
or let me have that chicken sandwich so
let me is like saying allow me allow me
allow me so let me have let me have noun
phrase so
we follow these both with noun phrases
gimme noun phrase or let me have
noun phrase
so please keep in mind
lemmy is followed by have because it's
let me let me
we need to follow let with a verb yeah
allow me to do something let me have
your drink
let me have a moment of your time so
again these are very very casual request
patterns
some people are using gimme great great
give me some pop good give me a hug give
me the money great okay give me a hug
give me a kiss give me a drink good give
me a break great and then some lemmy
examples as well let me have some chips
good let me handle this situation nice
one also as i mentioned please keep in
mind this is the way we pronounce it and
some people will write these words gimme
and lemmy some people will write these
words generally and for me as well i
usually write give me or let me but you
may see these so i personally i
recommend you you write or you type give
me or let me but in case in case you see
these that's what they mean gimme and
let me
phew
all right i'm late as usual so
we'll wrap up there for today that was a
lot
but i hope that you found some good
patterns that you can use to make
requests and offers thank you for your
good questions and thank you for your
great example sentences someone says
give me your brain that's a good one
sherry on facebook that's funny uh
eunice says let me have uh let me have
another drink good good good good
examples everybody
so i have to finish there for today we
will of course though be back next week
next week's lesson will be on november
28th november 28th wednesday november
28th the topic will be how to learn on
your commute how to learn on your
commute so i know many people are very
busy me too so how do you use the time
that you have either in the car on the
train or maybe even just walking i'll
share some ideas for using little bits
of time to
to study to study so how can you use
short periods of time in your day to
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