OFFERING

HELP/SERVICE
Grade XII
Senior High School
Helda Aghesti, M.Pd.
SMA Muhammadiyah Kedawung
 DEFINITION

Offering help is a way or an

expression to suggest or offer
help to someone who needs it.
 PURPOSE

Is to offer assistance for

someone who is doing something
politely
 LANGUAGE FEATURES
• Using modal auxiliaries (may, can, and would)
Ex. Can I help you?
• The use of question sentence
Ex. Do you need help?
• The use of pronouns
Ex. Would you like some help?
• The use of verbs
Ex. Can I help you in learning English?
 Kinds of Offering Help
FORMAL OFFERS INFORMAL OFFERS
• Let me help you? • Need some help?
• If you like, I could ... • Here, I’ll do it for you.
• What can I do to help ...? • Want a hand ...?
• Would you like any help ...?
• Is there anything I can do?
• Perhaps I could assist in
someday?
RESPONS OF OFFERING

•ACCEPTING
•REFUSING
 ACCEPTING RESPONS
FORMAL INFORMAL
• Thank you • Cheers!
• That’s very kind of you... • Thanks.
• I’d be delighted if ... • Lovely.
• That’s extremely kind of you ...
 REFUSING RESPONS

• That’s very kind of but I can do it myself,

thank you.
• A appreciate that, but I can do it myself.
• That would be marvelous, but I can do it
myself.
• Please don’t bother yourself.
 EXAMPLE

Mr. George is cleaning his garden. He uses many gardening tools such
as sickle, hoe, spade, and big scissors. Billy is offering a help.

Billy : “what are you doing, Dad”

Mr. George : “I am going to plant some vegetables”
Billy : “can I help you?” (offering)
Mr. George : “yes, please clean the soil from the grass after I
hoe” (accepting)
Billy : “Certainly, Dad”