ASKING SOMEONE

TO DO SOMETHING
EXPRESSION

BY : ZANUBA ARIFAH K. M.PD.

 EXPRESSING RESPONDING
• Give me a hand, please ! • Yes, Sir.
• Read the sentence, please! • O.K.
• Please write down your name here! • Sure.
• Please lend me your dictionary • Right away.
• Take me to the sick bay, please. • No problem.
• Show me your member card, please. • Here you are.
 POLITELY EXPRESSION

• Could you turn on the fun for me, please?“

• "Would you mind opening the door for me, please?“
• "Can you bring a glass of water for me, please?'
 ASKING IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING

• "Can I use your computer, please?“

• "Could I borrow some money from you, please?“
• "Do you mind if I turn up the heating?“
• "Would you mind if I turned up the heating?"
 ASKING SOMEONE NOT TO DO SOMETHING

EXPRESSING RESPONDING
• Don’t talk, please. •Yes, Ma’am.

• Don’t litter, please. •I don’t.

•O.K.
• Don’t use the calculator, please.
•All right.
• Please don’t pick the flower.
•Sure
• Please don’t sit there. •No problem.
• Please don’t close the window.
 EXAMPLE

• Put your book on your desk.

• Please open your book.
• Please copy the sentences.
• Draw a line, please.
• Submit your work, please.
• Don’t stand at the door.
• Don’t come late, please.
• Don’t make a noise in the class.
• Don’t make the wall dirty.
• Don’t play in the class.
 DIALOGUE

• Guest : Instead of herbal tea, do you happen to have diarrhea drug?

• Staff : I’m sorry ma’am, but herbal tea is all we have at the moment.
• Guest : Could I get some more weights added to this machine? This is no challenge at all.
• Staff : I’ll get more weight right away. How much more?
• Guest : Could you fill out the form for me. I hurt my writing hand?
• Staff : Of course sir. First, how do you spell your family name?
 DIALOGUE

• Sales : What I can do for you sir?

• Customer : I am looking for a good pants. Would you mind take me some? so I can
compare each others.
• Sales : No, please wait a minute, I will take them for you. (Sales takes some
pants into storeroom)
• Customer : Ok, thank you. But could you turn on the air conditioner please? I feel so
hot.
• Sales : My pleasure sir.
 READ THE SITUATIONS AND MAKE THE REQUESTS!

• You want to pay by credit card.

• You want to borrow your friend’s camera.
• .You didn’t hear what your classmate’s said. You want her to say it again.
• You’ve written a letter in English. You want your teacher to check it.
• You can’t hear what your flat mate is saying because of the radio. You want him
to turn it down.
• You need Rp. 50.000. You want your colleague to lend it to you.
• You haven’t finished your essay. You want to give it to your teacher a day late.
• You need to use your colleague’s computer.
• Your friends asks you to go to the cinema with her. You can’t tell her until
tomorrow.
• You want to your friend to turn the light on.