Modal Verbs of Request (Can, Will, Could, Would, May) Hello, English learners 👋 Welcome to a new lesson! Today, we’re looking at modal verbs of request — an essential part of polite, natural English. Modal verbs are helping verbs that express ideas such as ability, possibility, permission, obligation, and politeness. Read more
Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. Out of many things related to language learning, phraseology is probably the most important because it provides us with ready-made practical phrases we can use to communicate quickly and effectively. Today, we will talk about different ways of asking people to do things in English, both formal and informal.
Hello English learners. Welcome to a new lesson. Are you tired of the word “please”? We normally use it to be more polite when making requests, or when we want someone to do something for us. We also say “please” as an affirmative response to an offer. In today’s lesson, we will look at different ways to say “please”.
We make requests when we ask someone to do something for us. Therefore, we should be polite and try not to be too direct. For example, we shouldn’t say: “Lend me your car for the weekend” because the person we’re asking for a favour will most probably not lend us the car because we sound rude.