Business English Giving Commands Advanced Professional English

hi i’m vanessa from speak english with

vanessa calm

I’d appreciate it if you’d watch this

video let’s talk about it today we’re

gonna be talking about how to politely

professionally and accurately give a

command or a polite request in English

if you’re in a job situation where you

have to speak English or maybe you’re

talking to your professor at school and

you want to tell them to do something

how can you politely do this without

being too direct without being too

demanding even if you are the boss you

still want to be polite so today I want

to talk about four expressions that you

can use to give a command politely and

professionally the first expression is

great to use when you’re talking with

someone who is your boss or who is your

superior of some sort it’s hard to

figure out how to ask them to do

something politely without being rude in

your native language

so in English it’s a little bit even a

little bit more tricky so I recommend

using this expression when you have the

chance can you send me that report when

you have the chance can you sign this

paper when you have the chance it shows

you know they’re busy you know they have

a lot to do they don’t even have to do

it if they don’t want but when you ask

them this question when you have the

chance you’re not demanding now do it

now it just shows when you have the

chance when you can can you do this for

me the second question that you can use

to give a command politely is let’s

imagine the situation where you need to

give a presentation but you’ve never

given a presentation in this room before

so you’re not sure how the projector

works you could simply say could you

help me turn on the projector because I

have to give a presentation when you say

because you’re giving a reason why they

need to help you and I think this makes

it more polite because you’re not just

saying could you help me with the

projector you’re giving a concrete clear

reason why that it’s actually gonna be

beneficial could you help me turn on the

projector because I have to give a

presentation soon we can combine this

with our previous statement to make it

even more polite when you have a chance

can you help me turn on the projector

because I have to give a presentation in

a couple minutes

because I have to give a presentation

soon beautiful we can combine these to

make them more and more polite the next

two expressions are really similar so

I’m gonna combine them together the

first way that we can use them is by

themselves this is a little more direct

and it’s better if you are talking to

someone who is under you you could say

I’d appreciate it if I’d like it if you

would send me the report as soon as

possible I’d appreciate it if you would

send me the report the full expression

is I would appreciate it if you would

help me with this report I would

appreciate it if you would send me the

report as soon as possible when you use

wood in this way it’s extra polite but

what if you want to say this to someone

who is not working under you we can use

our first expression when you have a

moment I’d appreciate it if you’d send

me the report when you have a chance I’d

appreciate it if you’d send me the

report Wow we can really combine all of

these to level up your politeness now

it’s your turn

in the comments below this video when

you have a chance I’d appreciate it if

you’d make a sentence using today’s

expressions

today’s polite commands I hope that you

can use them in the comments but also in

your professional life as you’re

speaking English

as you hear other people speak English

try to remember them and use them

yourself have confidence that you’re

speaking politely and understandably

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