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Making Polite Requests
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This structured lesson teaches learners how to make polite requests in English using conditional sentence patterns with 'would' and 'if' clauses. Through dialogue examples set in a workplace context, students learn to soften demands and express wishes respectfully. The video is ideal for A2 learners who want to improve their professional communication skills, covering grammar patterns for politeness, formal and informal request-making, and practical office conversation scenarios.
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DownloadExpand your vocabulary with our core 2, 000 words ebook. It's free and packed with essential expressions that you'll use on a daily basis. Start building your vocabulary today. Click the link in the description below to download your free English ebook before it's gone. Do you know how to make polite requests in English? Hi, my name is Daphne and this is three-step English by Englishclass10101.com.
In this lesson, you'll learn how to make polite requests through a quick conversation.
Let's look at the dialogue. One more thing before we end the meeting. I haven't been able to find the invoices from January. Frank, did you send them to me? I believe so, but I'll take a look.
It would be great if you sent those to me as soon as possible.
No problem. What about the outstanding invoices from last month?
I would appreciate it if you forwarded those to me as well.
Got it. How's the search for your personal assistant going? Got any good candidates?
Yes, I'm interviewing one next week because it would be great if you hired one soon.
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Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
Used to describe something that can happen or be achieved. It refers to an action or event that is not impossible, even if it is not certain to occur.
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