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Making and Responding To Requests

The document discusses how to politely make and respond to requests. It provides examples of phrases to use when making a request, including "Could you please...", "Can you...", and "Will you...". For responding, it lists accepting phrases like "Yes, sure" and refusing phrases such as "Oh sorry, I can't." It also gives two example conversations, one where a request is accepted and one where it is not.

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Making and Responding To Requests

The document discusses how to politely make and respond to requests. It provides examples of phrases to use when making a request, including "Could you please...", "Can you...", and "Will you...". For responding, it lists accepting phrases like "Yes, sure" and refusing phrases such as "Oh sorry, I can't." It also gives two example conversations, one where a request is accepted and one where it is not.

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Abdelghani Qouhafa
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Making and responding to requests

A request is asking someone to do a favor or for something. It’s


important to be polite when doing so. Making and responding to
a request can be done in different ways.
Making Request

Could you, please …..?

Can you ….?

Will you …..?

Is there any chance you could …..?

Do you think you could …..?

Could you possibly …..?

I wonder if you could …..?

Would you mind/Do you mind (verb+ing)……?  (it’s like saying: Is there a

problem if…?)
Responding to request
Accepting request

Yes, sure.

Sure.

Yes, of course.

Certainly yes.

With pleasure.

Sure, don’t worry.

Sure, no problem.

Refusing request

Oh sorry, I can’t.

I just can’t, I am sorry.

I am afraid, but I can’t.

Certainly not.

Example 1 :

Speaker 1: Could you please help me with this exercise?

Speaker 2: Yes, of course.

Example 2 :

Speaker 3: Do you mind taking out the trash?

Speaker 4: No, I don’t mind. (accepting request)

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