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    TEACHER’S NOTES

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Polite Requests

    Activity Type Introduction


    Reading, writing, Here is a useful worksheet activity to help students practice the
    listening and speaking language for making, accepting and declining polite requests.
    activity
    Procedure
    Language Focus Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
    Making polite requests
    Draw the students' attention to the ten polite phrases for making
    Accepting and declining requests at the top of the worksheet and review the language
    requests with the class.

    The students then use the ten phrases to make requests for the
    Aim situations on their worksheet.

    To practice the language When the students have finished, review their answers.
    for making, accepting
    and declining polite Next, students fill in the missing letters in the phrases that accept
    requests. and decline requests.

    Afterwards, check the answers together as a class.


    Preparation
    Make one copy of the Answer Key - Exercise B
    worksheet for each
    student. 1. Of course not.
    2. Sure, no problem.
    3. Sure, I can do that.
    Level 4. No, not at all.
    5. Certainly.
    Pre-intermediate 6. Yes, I would.
    7. I'm sorry, but...
    8. I'm sorry. I can't.
    Time 9. Yes, I'm afraid I do.
    20 minutes 10. I'd like to, but...

    Students then work with a partner and take it in turns to make,


    accept and decline requests using the situations from Exercise A
    and phrases from Exercise B.

    Teach-This.com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.


    MAKING REQUESTS

    ESL / EFL RESOURCES Polite Requests

    A. Use the polite phrases in the box to make requests for the situations (1 to 10) below.

    I wonder if you could... Is there any chance you could...?


    I'd be grateful if you could... Would you mind +ing...?
    Could you possibly...? Would it be possible...?
    Do you think you could...? Do you mind +ing...?

    1. Ask a friend for a favour.


    __________________________________________________________________________
    2. Ask a policeman to give you directions.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    3. Ask someone to lend you something.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    4. Ask a friend to get you something.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    5. Ask someone to open the door for you.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    6. Ask a friend to buy you something from the shop.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    7. Ask a waiter to bring you the bill.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    8. Ask someone to open the window for you.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    9. Ask a friend to give you a lift somewhere.
    __________________________________________________________________________
    10. Ask someone to tell you the time.
    __________________________________________________________________________

    B. Now, fill in the missing letters in the phrases that accept and decline requests.

    Accepting requests Declining requests


    1. Of c _ _ _ _ _ n _ _ 6. Yes, I w _ _ _ _
    2. Sure, n _ p _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. I'm _ _ _ _ y, _ _t...
    3. Sure, I c _ _ d _ t _ _ _ 8. I'm s _ _ _ _. I _ _ n't
    4. No, n _ _ a _ a _ _ 9. Y _ _, I'm a _ _ _ _ _ I _ _
    5. C_______y 10. I'd _ _ _ _ to, b _ _...

    C. In pairs, take it in turns to make, accept and decline requests using the situations from
    Exercise A and phrases from Exercise B.

    Teach-This.com © 2017 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

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