How to Make Requests and Offers in English Basic Phrases
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today’s topic is how to make requests
and offers how to make requests and
offers great for beginners so if you
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today’s lesson as usual I have made
today’s lesson in three parts we’re
going to talk about first how to make
requests second we’ll talk about how to
make offers and third I’ll introduce
some other 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 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 two 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 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 slick 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 end 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 write
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 bla bla bla
can you show me how to use can you show
me how to start this car this is smart
car I don’t know can you show me how to
something so
this show is a natural verb choice
sometimes I hear learners say can you
please teach me to do this thing it
there’s no communication problem there
but at least for North American English
speakers
we use the verb show can you show me how
to do something okay let’s see
Karim 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 if the end this part if
after this this 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 livestream
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 hear 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 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 coat your coworker
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
also you’ll notice I have 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 do the
request someone in the chat says what
about a can and could I just covered can
so it 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 hood so
can you all include 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 you can use that to someone says
what about shall and should yes we’re
going to cover shall in part 2 of
today’s lesson okay um what was I
talking about yes including please hear
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 we 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
here because it’s a direct way to make a
request we use this like with little
kids it’s 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 comments my comment
question which is to make a request make
a request so I’m looking for some of
those yah yeh says would you please
teach me English yes I am already
teaching you English great some other
ones Lions King on Facebook says will
does it shows 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
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 you 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
make a request to someone else so maybe
they’re not in the meeting now but I
tell my coworker 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 a quick break
phew that was a lot let’s go to leaves
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good for today’s lesson
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watching on Facebook I chose a few
situations where 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 a 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
we’re making requests and offers
correctly is key so pick up this one
this is the business English PDF these
are both free I’ll show you some more
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I’ll show a couple more later 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 an 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 to in front
of your verb I have included person here
because you can change the person in the
sin
Tiz 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 a 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 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 right
there I’ll move over here this 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 Rick
to pattern instead okay so with that
point let’s see do I see some example
sentences yeah your task for this one is
to make an offer ah 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 maybe it’s easier should I stand okay
no right I’ll go to the next one then
someone in the chat earlier asked about
Shou Shou so 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 a
family or husband and wife or a
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 hmm it sounds a little bit
on the old-fashioned side 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 sono 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
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
choose 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 soap 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
waitstaff 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 in the
chat I think it was pasta Kim I said can
I get you a blanket can I get you a
blanket or some weight you’re basically
you’re trying to make a hospitable
environment so that means a pleasant
environment for your guests in some way
all right so those are the offer
patterns I want to talk about and then
in the last part of today’s lesson I
will introduce some other patterns that
are very useful to think about a food
son 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 being
recorded so please don’t don’t worry so
you can check this after this lesson has
finished okay I guess I will show
today’s the PDFs again one more time oh
is it okay okay so I showed you I showed
you earlier for free stuff the back to
school the back to school and the
business english pdfs 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 to 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 in Boca
you Larry 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
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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 alright let’s go to the
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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 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 avert do you want
to see a movie do you want to go to the
beach this weekend do you want to visit
our friend
do you wanna 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 to something okay
let’s go to the next one the next two
are just they’re extremely extremely
casual I have written on the board the
way we pronounce them but please don’t
don’t type these in formal or
professional situations these two words
are gimme and lemme give me and let me
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
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 give me this thing
means I want that so this is for close
friends and family members this is very
very casual on the other man lemme lemme
so lemme 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
num fries so we follow these both with
noun phrases
gimme noun phrase or let me have noun
phrase so please keep in mind let me is
followed by half 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 greats 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 lemming 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 give me and let
me 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 you
and whew alright I’m late as usual 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
Eunice says let me have let me have
another drink good good good good
example is 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 study someone says do you
have a podcast yes we do so I’ll talk
about that next week so please join us
live next week Wednesday November 28th
to talk about how to learn on your
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