How the most polite request begins. How to be polite in English. Teacher's opening speech

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What does a polite request look like in English?

This can be either a question or a statement. Polite request in English often begins with can or could and includes the well-known verb have. In most cases, you can limit yourself to the cliche “Can I have....?” The Russian version sounds like this: “Can I....?” Here are some examples:

1) Can I have a glass of juice? – Can I have a glass of juice?

2) Can I have my keys? -Can I have the keys?

3) Can I have one more piece of sugar? -Can I have another piece of sugar?

4) Can I have two kilos of apples? – Can I have two kilograms of apples?

In some situations it is important to sound even more polite. For this purpose, could paired with please is suitable.

1) Could you please do it for me? – Could you do this for me?

2) Could you please show me the way to the bus stop? – Could you show me the way to the bus stop?

3) Could you please wait a little bit? – Could you wait a little?

In our native language we use the phrase “I would like to….” Do the British have something similar? Certainly! Surely, you have already met I’d like (=I would like). This expression will help you out when you need a polite request in English.

1) I'd like to talk to you. - I would like to talk to you.

2) I’d like to book a single room. – I would like to book a single room.

3) I'd like to sit here. - I'd like to sit here.

4) I'd like to take a taxi. - I would like to take a taxi.

Also, a polite request in English can be formed using “May I....?” This option would be ideal for a formal setting.

1) May I take this file with me? – Can I take this file with me?

2) May I use your pen? -Can I use your pen?

3) May I call you again? – Can I call you again?

Interesting phrases-requests in English

Do you want to make a special impression on your interlocutor? Then remember the more interesting ones request phrases in English.

1) Do you mind if I do it myself?– Do you mind if I do it myself?

When speaking English, you often need to resort to requests. They can be different: we ask for a serious favor, a trivial favor, most often the requests are small and we do not expect them to be refused (“Could you please turn the music down?”) Today we will look at how to ask permission in English, ask for help and even make an offer!

How to attract attention and call a person in English

Before you ask a stranger for something, you need to get his attention. The easiest way:

• Excuse me!- Sorry! – Suitable for any situation.
• Sir! (sir) - when addressing a stranger.
• Ma'am(ma'am, ma'am - short for madam) - when addressing an unfamiliar woman.
• Miss(miss) - when addressing an unfamiliar young woman.

Request-order

When we ask our interlocutor for something, we say it in the form of an incentive sentence. Its main element (sometimes the only one) is. However, in itself, without politeness formulas, an incentive sentence sounds like an order, a command, and not a request:

Pass me some butter. - Pass me some butter.

Don't tell my parents about it. - Don't tell my parents about this.

Stand up. - Stand up.

Wake your cat up. - Wake up your cat.

A request in the form of a soft order

To turn an order into a request, however, not a very soft one, it is enough to add the word please(“please”) at the beginning or end of a sentence.

Please, pass me some butter. - Please pass me some oil.

Please, don't tell my parents. – Please don't tell my parents.

Stand up please. - Please stand up.

Wake your cat up please. – Wake up your cat, please.

This type of request cannot be called soft or delicate; in a certain context, it may sound like an order.

Polite requests in English with COULD YOU, WOULD YOU, CAN YOU and the difference between them

If you want to ask politely, add one of the politeness formulas to your sentence:

• Could you please?
• Would you+ incentive offer + please?
• Can you+ incentive offer + please?

The part that is designated as an “incentive sentence” begins with (without the particle to). Let me remind you that in the affirmative form such a verb looks the same as it is presented in the dictionary (initial form):

• help - to help
• tell - to speak

In negative form a particle is added not:

• not help - not to help
• not tell - not to speak

Note: in all versions, the word please can be placed after “you”, for example: “Could you help me, please?”

We’ll return to the differences between these three formulas a little later, first let’s look at examples with “could you”. Here could you translates as “could you…”, the word please may be omitted in Russian translation if it is not appropriate. The sentence becomes interrogative and is pronounced with a questioning intonation.

Could you please, pass me some butter? – Could you pass me some oil?

Could you don't tell my parents about it, please? – Could you please not tell my parents about this?

Could you stand up please. - Could you stand up, please?

Could you wake your cat up, please. – Could you wake up your cat?

Pay attention to the example with negation (about parents). Negation is expressed using not; no “don’t” needs to be added here:

• Right: Could you please don't do that?
• Wrong: Could you please don't do that?

Now let's go back to the difference between could you, would you, can you.

Instead of could you can be used would you or can you. For example:

Would will you pass me some butter, please?

Can do you stand up, please?

These options can be translated into Russian in the same way as those with could you:“Could you…” But there is a difference between them, albeit a small one. It can be explained simply, or it can be complicated.

Without going into details, then

• Could you, would you- the formula for a polite request, there is no difference in meaning or degree of politeness between them.
• Can you- the formula for a slightly less polite request. Roughly speaking, this is the same as in Russian you would say “Can you pass me the butter?” instead of “Could you pass me the butter?”

If you dig a little deeper, then:

• Saying “ Can you pass me some butter, please?”, we ask the interlocutor if he has physical ability pass the oil. It is clear that we are not asking just like that, but thereby expressing a request.
• The essence of the question “ Could you pass me some butter, please?” the same, but the question itself is asked in a slightly softer, indirect form. Again, compare the analogues in Russian: “Can you pass the oil?” - “Could you pass the oil?”
• Question " Would you pass me some butter, please?” refers not to the possibility, but to the desire of the interlocutor to pass on the oil. Something like: “Would you pass me the butter, please?”

In practice these differences are not significant in small requests: serve the oil, open the window, that is, in cases where the request is a pure formality, it is guaranteed not to be refused. The degree of politeness/impoliteness will be much more affected by intonation.

The difference in questions with would you And could you is more noticeable when we are talking not about a small request, but about consent, desire do something. For example, if a guy wants to invite a girl to the cinema, he is more likely to say: “Would you go to cinema with me?” , and not “Could you go to the cinema with me?”, because in the first case he inquires about her desire (“Would you like to go to the cinema with me?”), consent, and in the second - about the possibility (“Do not could you go to the cinema with me?”).

By the way, when you need to ask for consent in a more confident, decisive form, it is better to use a question with rather than its would form. Classic example: “Will you marry me?” - “Will you marry me?”

Polite requests in English with “Do you mind”

Expression “Do (would) you mind + “ used as a polite request to do something.

Do you mind opening the window? - Could you open the window?

Would you mind not smoking? - Could you please stop smoking?

Note: there is a similar phrase “Do (would) you mind if I...” - it is used not as a request to do something, but to obtain permission, we will return to it a little later.

Ask for a favor or help

You can ask for a favor, usually larger than giving a chair, or for help using the following expressions:

• Could you do me a favor?– Could you do me a favor?

You can ask this question to a friend, a colleague, or a stranger. Example:

- Excuse me, could you do me a favour?– Could you help me?

– Sure. - Of course I can.

– Can you watch my stuff for me for a few minutes? I'll be right back. -Can you look after my things? I'll be right back.

The core of the phrase is “do me a favour”, it can also be used in a slightly different form, not necessarily strictly as “Could you do me a favour?”. Examples:

Dear, do me a favor and turn the TV off, please. - Honey, do me a favor, turn off the TV, please.

Can you do me a favor and shut up, please? “Could you do me a favor and shut up, please?”

• Can you help me out (with something)?– Can you help me out?

Please help me with something, help me out. This is usually how they address friends and acquaintances.

Can you help me out tomorrow? I need to move my stuff but my car is too small for that. – Can you help me out tomorrow? I need to move my junk and my car is too small for that.

“Can you help me out WITH” will mean “to help out, to help with something”:

Can you help me out with my homework? – Can you help me with my homework?

• Can you give me a hand (with something)?-Can you help?

Usually this means some kind of physical help right now.

Can you give me a hand? I can't lift this box. -Can you help? I can't lift this box.

Or the same thing, but in other words:

Can you give me a hand with this box? – Can you help me with this box?

“help me out” can be used in the same meaning:

Can you help me out with this box?

• I'd like- I would like

Requests from "I'd like" usually addressed to service workers and maintenance personnel. For example, this expression is usually used to place an order.

Note: after “would like” it is used with the particle to.

Hi, I would like to order a pizza. - Hello, I would like to order pizza.

I'd like to have a taxi. – I would like to order a taxi.

I'd like(to have) a hamburger, please. - I would like (to order) a hamburger.

How to ask permission in English?

Requests include not only incentive offers, the essence of which is that we ask the interlocutor to do something, but also questions the purpose of which is to obtain permission. In other words, asking permission is also a request.

There are also several colloquial formulas for this case:

• Can I\May I– “Can I...” or “Can I...”

For example:

May I ask you a question? – Can I ask you a question?

Can I help you? – Can I help you?

Strictly speaking, in such a question it means physical possibility, and - permission, but in ordinary everyday speech these distinctions are so erased that there is absolutely no difference in how to ask permission, “Can I go?” and “May I go?” they do not differ in meaning. However, the option with may more appropriate in a strict formal setting.

For example, the event host makes an announcement:

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? – Ladies and gentlemen, I ask for your attention (literally: “may I have your attention”).

• Can I have\May I have- “Can I...”

Particular attention should be paid to the following request: Can I have… (May I have). It is used when we want to receive something, we ask to give us something:

Can I have a candy, please? – Can I have some candy, please?

Excuse me may I have a cup of water? - Excuse me, can I have a cup of water?

May I have your name and address, please? – May I know your name and address, please?

• Is it ok if I...?- “It’s okay if I...”

The expressions “Is it ok if I...” or “Is it all right if I...” are an analogue of our “Nothing if I... (do something).” This is how we politely ask for permission. For example:

Is it ok if I take your bike? - Is it okay if I take your bike?

Is it all right if I come to the party with my friend? – Is it okay if I come to the party with a friend?

• Do (would) you mind if...?- “Do you mind if...”

“Do you mind if” is a polite way to ask permission. Literally: “Do you mind if,” but in Russian we say “Do you mind?” or “Do you mind?”

Do you mind if I open the window? – No, of course not! – Do you mind if I open the window? - No, of course I don’t mind.

Do you mind if I smoke? – No problem. – Do you mind if I smoke? - Yes, no problem.

Instead of do can be used would, you get a softer request:

Would you mind if I open the window? – Would you mind if I open the window?

A possible option: “Don’t you mind if,” that is, literally “You don’t mind if.” There is no difference between them, it’s just that the second one is a little more delicate, the speaker seems to admit that the interlocutor may well object. There is a bit of confusion with the answers with this option.

For example:

Don't you mind if I open the window? – Do you mind if I open the window?

In theory, if a person doesn’t mind, he will say: “Yes,” meaning “yes, I don’t mind” (yes, I don’t mind). But he can also say “no”, meaning “no, I don’t mind” - this is not entirely grammatically correct, but such an answer is possible. Although in practice people very rarely answer the question “Do you mind if I…” with a sharp “Yes, I am against it!” The answer will most likely be in a more polite form, for example: “Oh, sorry but I have a cold” (sorry, but I have a cold).

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Educational goals: Learn to use polite forms of address containing a request and gratitude. Teach forms of polite communication between people.

Corrective: Develop students' speech and enrich their vocabulary. Develop thinking, correct behavior.

Educational: Develop skills and habits of cultural behavior at home and in public places. Develop habits of attentive, kind attitude towards people.

Equipment: tables on the culture of behavior, the story by V.A. Oseeva “The Magic Word”, a paper house for the game “Shop of Polite Words”.

Lesson progress

I. Organizational moment

II. Teacher's opening speech.

Guys, why do you think we should behave civilly and politely? (... it’s nice to communicate with a polite person...)

When you finish school, you will become builders, machine operators, livestock breeders, and seamstresses. But no matter who you become, first of all, you must grow up to be good, cultured people: kind, sympathetic, polite. And you also need to learn this.

The word "politeness" comes from the Old Russian word "veta" - expert, "ved" - to know.

The literal meaning of the word politeness is knowing how to behave. In other words.

Politeness is the ability to behave in such a way that others enjoy communicating with you.

Human qualities - politeness and kindness - are inseparable. A kind person always speaks politely to his interlocutor. A kind word can cheer a person up in difficult times. If a friend is lucky, a kind person will congratulate him, and if he is in trouble, kind words will help to console and calm him down. No wonder they say:

"Kindness is from time immemorial
Decorates a person."

In order to become polite, we must use polite words, which make us feel warmer and happier. Polite words are also called “magic”.

Think about why they are called that? (...)

III. Lesson topic message

We will talk about such words in class.

Lesson topic: “Polite forms of address containing a request or gratitude.” (Write the topic on the board and in notebooks)

IV. Reading the story by V.A. Oseeva "The Magic Word".

V. Conversation on reading:

1. Why did everyone refuse Pavlik everything at the beginning of the story?

(...he was rude, impolite)

2. What helped him?

(... the word "please")

3. Why do we call the word “please” the “magic” word?

4. What other “magic” words do you know when making a request?

VI. Working with tables (reading tables)

a) “Words expressing a request”:

Please,

Allow me,

Let me

Please,

I beg you.

What words do you use when you are grateful to a person for something?

(Students' answers)

b) “Words of gratitude”:

Thank you,

Thank you,

You are very kind

Very grateful

Do you use such words at boarding school? Houses? in transport?

(- In the dining room - say "thank you"

If someone gave you something (a book), say “thank you”

If you are told "thank you", respond - "please")

From the history of words.

Thank you - an old word, "God save" - ​​God save you for your kind words and deeds.

Thank you - I give you goodness, goodness for your sensitivity, responsiveness, good deed.

VII. Work in notebooks. Write down words of gratitude and words expressing a request (from the table).

VIII. Reading the poem "Impolite Politeness."

Do “polite” words always have magical powers? The poem “Not Polite Politeness” will help you answer this question.

The boy Petrus wanted to be polite, but did not know how to use “polite” words, listen to what he did.

Petrus promised his father:
- I will take care of politeness:
I will thank everyone
Be the first to say "hello"
Here is a boy with diligence
Keeps its promise.
He sees - in the morning at the gatehouse
The watchman on the threshold is dozing.
He didn't sleep at night on duty,
Just dozed off.
And Petrus will scream:
- Good morning, grandfather Fedot!
His grandfather scolded him in his sleep,
- Get out, shooter!
Petrus caught up with Yarinka
Yes, as he pulled the scarf:
- Where are you going, Yarinka, stop,
I say hello to you!
She pulled aside -
What an impolite girl...
The counselor was carrying a stack of books,
And Petrus jumps off the fence!
Almost sat on his shoulders:
- Sorry, good evening!
“You,” the counselor shouted, “
Both ignorant and impudent! Petya is very surprised:
Was he impolite?

The boy Petrus wanted to be polite, but did not know how to use “polite” words. Although he uttered “magic” words, he turned out to be impolite. Why?

(...Petrus pronounced the “magic” words in a harsh tone, rudely)

The power of "magic" words depends on how you pronounce them.

X. Reading the table

You need to pronounce the magic words politely, affably, looking at the person you are addressing. Thus, you show respect for your interlocutor.

And if you speak in a harsh tone, turning to the side, although you utter “magic” words, you are showing disrespect for the person.

XI. Scene "Please"

Helen was sitting on the bus. She kept spinning and swinging her legs. Her neighbor turned away. She was afraid that Lena would stain her pants.

Girl, sit still, please.

“You can’t behave like that,” the old woman sitting opposite remarked to Lenochka.

What did I do? Lenochka objected.

Just think! Please, I will sit quietly.

And she, sulking, began to look out the window.

Both the girl and the old woman said the word “please.”

Is it possible to call Lenochkino’s “please” a magic word? Why?

XII. Remember the proverbs about politeness, kindness, good manners.

Proverbs.

Learn good things - bad things will not come to mind

Speak boldly about a good deed.

Life is given for good deeds.

As you live, so will you be known.

It’s bad to live without a kind word.

Hello is not complicated, but it wins the heart.

A kind word is better than a soft pie.

- “Thank you” is a great thing.

Politeness opens all doors.

Nothing is so cheap or valued so much as politeness.

Politeness adorns a person.

- “To give people joy, you need to be kind and polite))

With a kind word you can melt a stone.

Beautiful is he who acts beautifully.

Remember the good and forget the evil.

Good is paid for with good.

XIII. Consolidation.

Now let's check how you learned to use “magic words”.

1. Game-exercise "Shop of polite words."

On the shelves in the store there were polite words: thanks (thank you, thank you, you are very kind, very grateful) and requests (please allow me, allow me, be kind, I ask you).

But suddenly a strong wind blew, and all the words fell and got mixed up.

We need to put them back on the shelves.

(A paper house is attached to the board. The windows of the house serve as display shelves. “Magic” words are written on cards. Two students place cards with words on the shelves).

2. Exercises - situations

What would you do in this or that situation:

a) You forgot a pen in the bedroom, ask a friend for it.

b) You came to the dining room and you didn’t have enough tea. What will you do?

c) You are traveling on a bus. Ask one of the passengers to validate the ticket.

d) You came to the library. Ask the librarian for the book you need.

XIV. Reading a poem by M. Tanich

And we will end our lesson with a poem - an appeal, which was written by Mikhail Tanich

"Sorry", "please", "forgive" and "permit"

These are not words, but a key to the soul.
In addition to our companion, the multiplication table,
There is also a table, a table of respect.
Remember like the ABC
Like two and two:
"Thank you" and "please" -
Magic words.
Wherever the immodest are shown away from the gate,
A polite person will ask, ask and pass.
Doors open before a polite word,
Let it be repeated more often, more often.
A proverb is written on the blackboard

Politeness opens all doors.

Here it turns out how. In order to go somewhere, ask for something, you need to say a polite word, or politely thank for something, and then “doors will open” for you, they will respond to your request.

XV. Lesson summary:

1. What words were discussed in class?

2. How to pronounce “magic” words correctly?

3. Grades for work in the lesson.

4. Let’s thank the guests for visiting us and say a word of gratitude to them... (in unison) “thank you.”

Lesson topic: Polite words. Request.

Objective of the lesson: teach how to correctly write a request.

Tasks:

Educational: teach to use various means of expressing politeness; introduce etiquette expressions of request; teach how to choose the appropriate means of expressing a request for a given situation; use intonation as a means of politely making requests.

Educational: develop children's speech, thinking, vocabulary.

Educational: cultivate a culture of communication.

Equipment: presentation “Politeness from an early age” (Appendix 1) , multimedia equipment, recording of fairy tales by A.S. Pushkin, recording of the cartoon “The Return of the Prodigal Parrot”, “The Lion Cub and the Turtle”, the story by V. Oseeva “The Magic Word” (Appendix 2) , task cards, dictionary of polite words.

Lesson progress

I. Organizational moment

Hello guys! I'm glad to meet you. Let's greet each other with smiles.

Thank you, sit down.

Guys, do you think we have an ordinary lesson? (No.) Why?

You are right, today we have not an ordinary lesson, but a travel lesson. Raise your hand, those who love to travel. Why? ( You will learn something new and interesting.)

We will set this goal too. Today in class we will learn a lot of new things and go on a trip to a film studio called “Politeness from an early age.” ( Appendix 1, Slide 1)

II. Updating basic knowledge. Statement of educational problem

What does it mean to be polite? (Know the rules.)

There is a dictionary called an explanatory one. This dictionary explains the meanings of words.

In the explanatory dictionary of Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov about a polite person it is said this way: “Polite - observing the rules of decency, well-mannered.” (Appendix 1, Slide 2)

Where should the rules of decency be observed?

Politeness is one of the most important qualities of a well-mannered person. Earlier the word “vezha” meant “expert” - one who knows the rules of decency and forms of expressing good attitude towards people. (Appendix 1, Slide 2)

In everyday life of a polite person there are always words that we call “magic”. With the help of these words, you can even restore a good mood to a sad or offended person.

III. Speech warm-up

Please look, is there something written on the door here? (Appendix 1, Slide 3)

Read with different intonation. (Appendix 1, Slide 3)

Please, don't slide down the railing!
You can get caught in the teeth of crocodiles!
They lurked on every platform
And everyone who moves out is grabbed by the heels.
And they are dragged to the bottom of the African Nile.
Please, don't slide down the railing!

IV. Communicating the topic and purpose of the lesson

Guys, this is a mystery sign. The theme of our travel lesson is hidden in it. Please tell me what they are asking us for? What do you think our trip to the film studio will be about? (Polite words.)

Right. The topic of our lesson: Polite words. Request. (Appendix 1, Slide 4)

Today we have to answer the questions:

• What is a request?
• How to ask correctly and what “magic” words should you use?
• What is the difference between a request and an order?

(Appendix 1, Slide 4)

V. Learning new material

What is a request? Talk in pairs.

While the guys are thinking, look (child looks in the dictionary), what definition is given in the explanatory dictionary.

So what is a request? (When one person asks another in a polite manner.)

Read it. (Appendix 1, Slide 5) A request is an appeal to someone, urging them to do something.

Find the main keywords in this definition. (Appeal, calling.) (Appendix 1, Slide 5)

We are invited to listen to recordings made in the studio and determine which character’s speech contains a request. (Recording sounds.)

Did you find out what work this recording is from?

We continue our journey through the film studio.

I have two assistants. Now they will present you with a short scene.

Scene

Chair. Two children. One wordlessly asks the other to give way.

And you need to determine what they will do.

What were they doing? (They asked for something.)

How was this request expressed? (Using hands.)

What is the movement of the arms and body called? (Gesture.)

(Appendix 1, Slide 6)

What was missing from the scene? (Words.)

The film studio is filming a children's film based on Valentina Oseeva's story "The Magic Word" (Appendix 2). Actors, please take your seats. Characters: for the old man - .., Pavlik - .., sister Lena - .., grandmother - .., author - ... ( Dramatizing an excerpt from a story.)

Guys, you need to listen carefully and say what word we are talking about.

Guys, what word did the old man say to Pavlik? (Please.) Right.

Continued dramatization of the excerpt.

Why did the boy want to return to the old man?

Also, why is this word called “magical”? (Changes the mood, changes the attitude of other people.)

But there are other words that you need to remember and use in your speech. (Appendix 1, Slide 7)

Let's read them in the Dictionary of Polite Words.

Read the words of the first column, ... read the words of the second column.

Let's make sentences-requests with these phrases. (Appendix 1, Slide 7) What expressions do you remember?

To fulfill the request (Appendix 1, Slide 8) What should you use in your speech? (Polite words.)

How to pronounce polite words ? (In a quiet voice, looking straight into the eyes of the person you are talking to.) (Appendix 1, Slide 8)

Guys, do you think that after these words you want to fulfill the request? (Appendix 1, Slide 8)

PHYSMINUTE

Now we will learn to competently express a request. (Appendix 1, Slide 9)

1. Appeal.
2. Please help.
3. Gratitude.

The request should be made in this sequence.

Where do we start? If this is your peer, then we will address him by name. And if an adult - by name and patronymic.

We are very lucky today: at the film studio “Politeness from an early age” they offer us to be screenwriters and write our own script.

Stories are written on the cards that lie on your tables.

Task No. 1. Read it. Please make a request using the “Dictionary of Polite Words” and a plan.

1 situation. You got sick and didn't come to school. I need to know my homework for the next lesson.

Situation 2. Drawing lesson.

1st story. You got sick and didn't come to school. You need to find out your homework. Those who don't like to think for a long time can choose it.

2nd plot. Drawing lesson. For those guys who love to fantasize.

Raise your hand if you have already decided on the plot. Listen carefully to the task: you need to make a request using the “Dictionary of Polite Words” that you have on your desks and a plan.

Who's ready? Please. Who chose a different situation? Thank you. I hope the others also made competent requests.

The journey through the film studio continues. Read an excerpt from Alexei Tolstoy’s fairy tale “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio.” And determine whether Malvina used the request when talking with Buratino.

Task No. 2. Read an excerpt from Alexei Tolstoy’s book “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino” and determine whether Malvina used the request when addressing Buratino.

Then the girl told him sternly: Pull your leg out from under you and lower it under the table. Don't eat with your hands; that's what spoons and forks are for.

So what did Malvina use when addressing Pinocchio? (Order.) What did she do? (Ordered.) (Appendix 1, Slide 10)

What words did she use? Emphasize them.

Why does Malvina address Pinocchio as “you” if they are the same age?

- Please define the difference between an order and a request? (Appendix 1, Slide 11)

There are magic words in a request, but in an order? (No.)

A request is fulfilled at will, but an order? (Required.)

Now let’s return to the excerpt from the fairy tale “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio.” How did you have to tell Malvina to make Pinocchio want to do everything?

Correct Malvina's words.

VI. Consolidation

At the film studio “Politeness from an early age” they offer to be critics. Who are the critics? ( Who criticizes the work.)

Critics are people who evaluate works (Movies, books.)

You need to evaluate the work and say what is a request and what is an order. (Appendix 1, Slides 12, 13)

(Recording cartoons.)

VII. Lesson summary

So our lesson-journey has come to an end.

Let's see if we answered all the questions? (Appendix 1, Slide 14)

Dear guys, I’m sure everything you learned today will definitely help you in life. In various life situations, you will be able to show yourself as a polite person, with whom it is pleasant to communicate and pleasant to give him joy.

This request of mine will be for the children whom I have already gotten to know a little. I ask you to be polite not only in words, but also in deeds.

And as a souvenir, I want to give you “Dictionaries of polite words” that will serve as a hint for you.

First of all, it should be noted that polite clichés in Russian and English are completely different. Don’t try to translate the Russian polite construction into English, it will turn out unnatural. You need to learn English clichés!

Today we will look at three types of requests:

1. When we ask another person give us anything. For example: Give me your mobile phone to call Australia.
2. When we ask another person do something. For example: Buy sausages / Close the window / Wash your feet / Now go to bed.
3. When we ask for permission do something yourself. For example: Can I eat your chocolate? Can I give you a Guinea hamster for your birthday?

We will also talk about constructions with the word mind. For example, we will find out how “Would you mind closing the window” differs from “Would you mind if I close the window” and whether the question “Would you mind…” can be answered “Yes, of course”.

How to say "give it to me."

"Give me" should never be translated as "give me". It's rude. And even “give me please”. You need to ask in a phrase "can I have".

Example: Can I have that banana please? - Give me that banana.

You need to answer "Can I have" "Here you are"- if we give the interlocutor what he asked from us.

Example: Can I have one more piece of chocolate cake? - Here you are.

If we don't want to give what we've been asked to do, then saying "No" is rude. Need to say "sorry" and explain why we don't want to give it.

Example: Can I have your telephone please? I need to phone my boyfriend in Australia. - Sorry, I need it right now.

Less often we say “could I have” or “may I have”. This is the same as "can I have", but a little more formal and polite.

How to ask another person to do something.

a) Could you please + 1 verb form, and at the end we add please. Example: Could you close the window, please.
b) Do you think you could + 1 verb form. Here we usually don’t add please. Example: Do you think you could turn off the TV?

These requests must be answered "Sure" or "Of course". If you cannot fulfill a request, you cannot say “no”, you must answer "Sorry" and give a reason.

Example: I love your piano playing. Could you please play this music again? - Sure.

Another example: Do you think you could give me a lift to the airport at 5 o’clock in the morning? - Sorry, I don’t think I’ll get up that early.

How to ask permission to do something yourself.

When we themselves we ask permission do something, we say Can I or Could I or May I + 1 verb form(no please). Example: Could I come to you a little later?

We respond to such requests: "Sure" or "Of course". If we ask permission to do something right now, then they tell us “Sure. Go ahead” - kind of like “go ahead.”

Examples: Could I use your computer to write an email? - Sure, go ahead. / Of course.
May I come a little later tomorrow? - Sure. (but not "go ahead" - because we are not asking permission to do anything right now, namely later).

Requests with the word "mind".

They always start with "Do you mind" or "Would you mind".

1) Would you mind / Do you mind if I + 1 form it is said when you yourself want to do something and ask permission. Often in colloquial speech you can simply say " mind if I..."

Example: (Would you) mind if I finish off the cheese? - Of course not. -Can I finish the cheese? - Certainly.

2) Would you mind / Do you mind + ing form said when you ask someone else do an action. Unlike the previous case, the initial “would you” or “do you” cannot be omitted here.

Example: Would you mind / Do you mind opening the window? - Of course not. - Could you open the window? - I'll open it now.

You need to remember that the phrase “Do you mind?” literally translates to "you object?", so you need to answer it "Of course not". You can’t say “yes” or “sure”, otherwise it will come out as “I object.” But, remember, if you really object, then you need to say “Sorry” and explain the reason.

3) Would you mind / Do you mind my+ ing form- this is the same construction as point 1), but much less common.

Example: Do you mind my coming tomorrow? - Of course not! - Can I come tomorrow? - Of course, come!

More examples:

Do you mind if I drink your beer? - Of course not. -Can I drink your beer? - Certainly. - If you agree, don't forget to say of course NOT .

Would you mind if I smoke here? - Sorry, you can only smoke outside. -Can I smoke here? - No, you can only do it on the street. Remember, it’s better not to say “no”, it’s better to say “sorry” and explain the reason.

Would you mind waiting for me, just five minutes? - Of course not! -Wait for me five minutes? - Certainly.

John, do you mind cooking dinner tonight? I'm too tired. - No, of course not. I'll cook. - John, won't you cook dinner today? I'm too tired. - Of course I’ll cook it.

Would you mind my sleeping here? - Oh, no problem! - Is it okay if I sleep here? - Yes please! Remember do you mind my + ing used less frequently than the first two constructions.

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