Friday, August 23, 2013

Asking and Giving Something



Asking:
To ask something, you can say like this:

·           Can you give me ___? 
·           Take me that __?  
·           Could you give me the ___? 
·           May I borrow your ___? 
·           Could you please ___? 
·           Would you kindly ___?

It’s more polite when you say ‘please’ ‘excuse’. Especially to your parents, teacher, or the other people who older then you. For example:

·           Excuse me, may I borrow your book? 
·           Excuse me, could you lend me your camera, please? 

Or you can offer something:

·           Can I offer something to __? 
·           Would you like a __? 
·           Can I help you? 

For example:
·           Excuse me, would you like a cup of milk? 
·           Excuse me, can I offer you something to drink? 


Giving: 

When someone want to borrow or offering something, you can response that whit accepting or refusing.

To accepting, you can say:
·           Here you are 
·           Here it is 
·           Sure__ 
·           Sure, glad to help__ 
·           Yes, of course. 
·           Of course 
·           Certainly__ 

To refusing, you can say:
·           I’m sorry, I’m busy right now 
·           No, I’m sorry. I’m using it 
·           I’m sorry I don’t have any ___ 
·           No, thanks. I’ve ___ 

For example:
·           I’m sorry, I don’t have any pen 
·           No, thanks. I’ve drunk lot water 


Example of Simple Dialogues for Asking and Giving Something


A: Excuse me, could you lend me your pencil?
B: I’m sorry, I’m using it
A: No problem 

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