How to Make Requests and Offers in English - Basic Phrases

hi everybody welcome back to our weekly live stream my name is Alisha and today we're going to talk about how to make requests and offers today's lesson is a great lesson for beginners I'm going to cover a lot of patterns that you can use for each of these points so as you join today's live lesson please send a message in the chat and don't forget to like and share the video so that other learners can find today's lesson we're going to start in just a couple of minutes but we'll give everyone a moment to join live and then we'll get started so first thing first as always you can find free pdf downloadables from the link below the video if you're watching on youtube or above the video if you're watching on facebook if you're watching on instagram please check YouTube or Facebook I will show you some of these close up a little bit later on but these are free vocabulary and expression related PDFs so you can choose something that you want to focus your studies on and pick up some key 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Kim hello so next say hello everybody Xavier welcome thanks everybody for joining us as I said today's topic is how to make requests and offers how to make requests and offers great for beginners so if you have not already please make sure to like and share the video and then we'll get started I am going to share the video and then I'm going to begin today's lesson as usual I have made today's lesson in three parts we're going to talk about first how to make requests second we'll talk about how to make offers and third I'll introduce some other some other patterns that relate to both of these so let's get started with the first one the first part for today is making requests making requests so a request to review a request is when you want something from someone so you want an object from someone or you want someone to do something for you so that means when you need help when you need information and so on these are the patterns you can use to make simple requests simple requests so this is interesting because we can use all of these in the same way we can follow all of these with an infinitive verb so let's start with this first one will you will you for this lesson I'm going to focus on this you pattern so that means I'm asking you the listener directly you can change this you to he or she can he or can she I'll talk about that a little more later for now let's begin with this pattern will you plus the infinitive form of a verb so the infinitive form of a verb means the basic form of the verb when you look at the verb in the dictionary you see two plus verb yeah like to eat or to sleep or to help that's the infinitive form of the verb so there's no change to the verb so we use in the first example pattern will you plus infinitive form so for example will you help me please or will you buy me a coffee so the verb following the verb after this will you is in the infinitive form no change to this verb here will you buy me a coffee is a simple request a simple request the second pattern is can you can you so in today's English we use can you and will you for requests in the same way they have the same goal really if you want to be really really specific we can refers to possibility so if you want to be really slick strict and specific like this would mean is it possible for you to do something is it possible but we use this in today's English to mean do this thing for me or will you do this thing so in today's English these two have the same purpose and the same meaning will you end can you so again can you plus the infinitive form of a verb for example can you show me how to use this software can you show me how to use this software so again can you write here is followed by so after can you is show show the verb show so can you show me how to use this software so this can you show me pattern is a really good pattern to use when you want someone to teach you something can you show me how to bla bla bla can you show me how to use can you show me how to start this car this is smart car I don't know can you show me how to something so this show is a natural verb choice sometimes I hear learners say can you please teach me to do this thing it there's no communication problem there but at least for North American English speakers we use the verb show can you show me how to do something okay let's see Karim says can you show me where the railroad station is can you show me where the railroad station is a quick point if you're if the end this part if after this this how can you show me how or can you show me where can you show me what at this point right here where you have this like question inside your question if this question uses the verb be so that means is was were and so on you have to change the order so for example where is the station becomes where the station is so this is a little a little different point from what I want to focus on today this is called embedded questions embedded questions if you want to know more maybe I can talk about that more in another livestream okay let's go on to the next one the next one is would you would you so a lot of people ask what's the difference between will you and would you hear so would you is just like a more polite version of will so will you buy me a coffee and would you buy me a coffee it just sounds a little bit more polite your request becomes more polite both are correct I would probably say to my friend will you buy me a coffee and maybe to someone I don't know very well like would you please help me with this thing so would you sounds a little more polite than will you so would you plus the infinitive form of the verb again for example would you please give this to our client would you please give this to our client so you have for example like some paperwork and you pass it to your coat your coworker to your colleague you say would you please give this to our client so would is natural there because I'm it's a professional situation yeah so would you please give this to our client also you'll notice I have included please here so please I've put this before the verb please give this to our client you can put please before your verb to make it more polite to make to increase the level of politeness to do the request someone in the chat says what about a can and could I just covered can so it could you can also use could you could you please give this to our client also it's fine to use could sounds more a little more polite than can as well keep in mind that when you use a hood so can you all include here could you again it refers to possibility it's like saying is it possible to give this to the client so it's great it's correct to use you can use that to someone says what about shall and should yes we're going to cover shall in part 2 of today's lesson okay um what was I talking about yes including please hear so to improve to increase the politeness of your request using please so please is before the verb here would you give this to our client please is also correct so you can change the position of please in the sentence it doesn't change the meaning so put it here before the verb or here at the end of the sentence we can do the same thing with these examples too will you please buy me a coffee or we buy me a coffee please both are correct or can you show me how to use this software you could say can you please show me how to use this software or can you show me how to use this software please all correct it's up to you you can choose the positioning uh okay I don't see other questions so let's go to the last point just please just please so I've included here because it's a direct way to make a request we use this like with little kids it's it is polite but it's like teaching kids how to be polite so please plus the infinitive form of the verb so for example please take off your shoes before you enter so please take off take off means remove take off your shoes before you enter before you enter the room so this is a direct request uh using please this one this is something you see on like signs so maybe in a hotel or in another service situation like please do not smoke for example please take off your shoes so these are more direct they're polite and direct commands please so these are a few basic patterns that you can use to make a request some of you are already answering my comments my comment question which is to make a request make a request so I'm looking for some of those yah yeh says would you please teach me English yes I am already teaching you English great some other ones Lions King on Facebook says will does it shows future tense yeah kind of will you buy me a coffee it's like asking the other person to make a decision now so if I say to the control desk person like hey will you buy me a coffee like right now probably he'll say no because he's busy so I'm asking about his future action there yeah will you buy me a coffee right now no I'm busy so it's about it's about a future situation yes will you do this thing for me also I mentioned at the beginning of this part we can change this you yeah so for example you want someone else to do something like for example with can like can he bring that file to the meeting you can ask about someone else so can he do this thing or can she do that thing you make a request to someone else so maybe they're not in the meeting now but I tell my coworker and they give the message to somebody else you can do that as well okay we have lots of people watching that's great awesome but I have to take a break I'll take one break and then we'll go to part two today which is offers offers so a quick break phew that was a lot let's go to leaves I've chosen a few things I think are good for today's lesson do we have camera two today we do okay cool so I've chosen a few things I'll share with you a few PDFs I thought would be good these are free from the link below the video if you're watching on YouTube or above the video if you're watching on Facebook I chose a few situations where making requests and offers are important this one is the school one it says back to school and business English but on the back I'll show you I'll show you the school one first maybe on the back of the school one there are some phrases for class this today's lesson includes a requests and offers which you can use politely in your lessons as some of you are doing in the chat to ask something from your teacher or to ask something from your classmate so checks out the school one for some school vocab the other one here is the business English one on the back you'll find phrases for a business meeting so this is another key situation we're making requests and offers correctly is key so pick up this one this is the business English PDF these are both free I'll show you some more later you can find these from the link below the video if you're watching on youtube or above the video if you're watching on facebook if you're watching on Instagram I cannot see your comments live very sorry but please find these things from the link below the video or above the video on YouTube or Facebook I'll show a couple more later okay uh Wow let's get going I talked for a long time for the first part so let's continue on to the next part of today's lesson if you are just joining today's topic is how to make requests and offers requests and offers part one today was about requests making requests so part two today is about offers I'm going to cover offer patterns now so if you have not already please make sure to like and share the video so that other people can find today's lesson and we'll get into part two so let's take a look offer patterns now offers I want to start with this pattern this would you like pattern would you like there are two patterns I want to introduce but maybe actually maybe first let's talk about an offer what's the difference between a request and an offer so in part one a request you want something right you want someone to do something for you or you want an object an offer is the opposite you want to give someone something or you want to do something for someone so requests are getting something offers are giving something that's the difference here so let's talk about some offer patterns first would you like person to verb would you like person to verb this one this is an action an action so you want to give an action for example would you like me to close the door would you like me to close the door so that means I'm offering to close the door would you like that this is a polite way to offer an action to offer to do something for someone so don't forget this to in front of your verb I have included person here because you can change the person in the sin Tiz would you like him to close the door would you like her to help you so you can change the person in the sentence to change the details of the offer if however if however you want to talk about an object there's some object like food or drink for example you want to give someone use would you like plus noun phrase would you like plus a noun phrase for example would you like some cake would you like some cake so this is a simple offer of an object so you want to give someone a physical object so this pattern is for an object an object would you like this thing so please keep in mind action pattern object pattern would you like person would you like me to do something some verb or would you like this thing so please keep in mind there are two patterns there I want to talk about something I think actually I saw it in the chat today too I have seen in your comments quite a few times something like this would you like to teach me this grammar point would you like to teach me this grammar point yes this sentence this offer I'm quite right there I'll move over here this this offer is not really an offer right you're this person the writer here would you like to teach me this grammar point this is not really an offer right this is actually a request right so you want someone to teach you in your case you want me to teach you a grammar point make it a request instead would you please teach me this grammar point this sentence this is a request we don't use this kind of like backwards offer it sounds like an offer like would you like to teach me something it sounds a little bit strange because it's like you are making an offer but you actually want something from the other person so instead of something like this please use a Rick to pattern instead okay so with that point let's see do I see some example sentences yeah your task for this one is to make an offer ah sorry it's hard to see there please send an offer in the chat write an offer with one of these patterns in the chat please okay so on to maybe it's easier should I stand okay no right I'll go to the next one then someone in the chat earlier asked about Shou Shou so shall yes shall is used here and there so here and there means a little bit but generally shall sounds very old-fashioned when you make offers but let's talk about it how do we use it so when we want to make an offer for something when we want to offer to do something we use shall I usually because it's my offer shall i plus the infinitive form of the verb shall I something for example shall I bring a bottle of wine to the party so here my infinitive verb is bring shall I bring a bottle of wine or shall we in this case shall we so it's like maybe a family or husband and wife or a boyfriend and girlfriend so two people together deciding hmm shall we cook dinner tonight so it sounds kind of like an offer kind of like a suggestion the following verb is in the infinitive form so yes you can use these but as I said shall tends to sound a little old-fashioned hmm it sounds a little bit on the old-fashioned side so the maybe the most common use of this shell is actually in a set phrase where people just say shall we shall we we use shall we before we begin an action that is very clear so for example if you and your husband or wife or partner boyfriend/girlfriend you arrive at an event and you're standing outside the event preparing to go inside when it's time to go in one person might say shall we which means shall we go into the event like the next step is very clear in those cases when both people or when all people understand the next step in the situation you might hear or it's fairly common to hear shall we shout just that sono verb just shall we so that's like suggesting or offering that we go to the next step so that's that's fairly common this one sounds rather formal a bit old-fashioned you might hear it in like a service situation but generally we use something a bit different I'll explain later alrighty let's continue to the next one I haven't seen any questions yet ah someone has a good one on Facebook I missed your name cheering maybe shall we start the meeting good shall we start the meeting sounds nice okay let's go choose this last one can I get you can I get you this one I included here because it's very common in service situations when I say service situation I mean restaurant bar cafe hotel some like staff and customer situation like maybe a retail situation a shopping situation so can I get you can I get you so imagine this get is like bring soap or provide can I bring you or can I provide you something we follow this with noun phrase so you will hear this from the person the waiter or waitress the waitstaff at your table at a restaurant can I get you something for example can I get you anything to drink can I get you anything to drink so that means would you like something to drink they use this can I get you that's like asking is it possible for me to bring you something to drink it's another way to make a polite offer to do something for someone to bring something one more can I get you an appetizer can I get you an appetizer so please keep in mind this can I get is like can I bring this thing for you so this is natural to use in a service situation or maybe if you have a guest in your home like someone in the chat I think it was pasta Kim I said can I get you a blanket can I get you a blanket or some weight you're basically you're trying to make a hospitable environment so that means a pleasant environment for your guests in some way all right so those are the offer patterns I want to talk about and then in the last part of today's lesson I will introduce some other patterns that are very useful to think about a food son on Facebook says what about could you we talked about could you in the requests part so please check out the first part of the lesson this is being recorded so please don't don't worry so you can check this after this lesson has finished okay I guess I will show today's the PDFs again one more time oh is it okay okay so I showed you I showed you earlier for free stuff the back to school the back to school and the business english pdfs i'll show you a couple of different ones now I just mentioned hospitality situations yeah so for example going out to eat this says dining like a champ this one's about food and eating and this one is about hotels to accommodations hospitality yeah so again on the back of this food one there are some expressions for dining things to say at a restaurant so you can pick this up to get some more expressions in Boca you Larry for food for eating how to describe that and you can check out this one the hotel one and find on the back sentences you'll use in a hotel so you can include today's points as well making requests or making or rather listening to offers in a hotel so if you want to download these please check these out from the link below the video if you're watching on YouTube descriptions or above the video if you're watching on Facebook someone says what's an appetizer an appetizer is like a small meal it's like a few bites of something very small before the main meal so like cheese and crackers is a common appetizer alright let's go to the last part for today's lesson a very short part for today's lesson remember if you have not Oh someone says the link doesn't work unfortunately chat desk maybe you can test the link someone says the link doesn't work please if you have trouble with the link check the link later should be okay okay if you have not already please do make sure to like and share the video so other people can find today's lesson we'll go to the last part for today now the other section so these are a few patterns I wanted to introduce for for your reference and also because you hear them a lot in media first is could I get could I get so we just practiced this pattern can I get you something as an offer pattern yeah but when you want to make a request you can say could I get so again this get means bring could I get a fork or could I get another drink could I get an appetizer please could I get the wine menu please so again this get refers to someone bringing something to you so restaurants hotels service situations so this is a request to bring something so this is a request pattern could I get could I get yes you you you can use can I get can I get but could sounds a little more polite than can could I get the wine menu please sounds very nice next is another offer pattern another offer pattern that's very casual do you want do you want you can use this one with your friends do you want to if you want to talk about an action do you want to avert do you want to see a movie do you want to go to the beach this weekend do you want to visit our friend do you wanna verb if however you want to offer an object like we talked about here if you want to offer an object do you want noun phrase same thing so do you want some cake do you want a drink do you want something to eat we follow the same pattern I talked about here the difference is politeness do you want something sounds more casual it sounds closer than would you like so polite would you like casual do you want to something okay let's go to the next one the next two are just they're extremely extremely casual I have written on the board the way we pronounce them but please don't don't type these in formal or professional situations these two words are gimme and lemme give me and let me gimme is the this is the print the way we pronounce this word when we reduce give and me give me it becomes gimme in quick speech like give me another drink or give me something to eat give me that that means that's a very direct and casual way to say give me something so there's no please there's no thank you there's no could I just gimme give me this thing means I want that so this is for close friends and family members this is very very casual on the other man lemme lemme so lemme is the reduced form of let and me let me you might hear some people using these when they order at fast-food restaurants like give me a cheeseburger or let me have that chicken sandwich so let me is like saying allow me allow me allow me so let me have let me have num fries so we follow these both with noun phrases gimme noun phrase or let me have noun phrase so please keep in mind let me is followed by half because it's let me let me we need to follow let with a verb yeah allow me to do something let me have your drink let me have a moment of your time so again these are very very casual request patterns some people are using gimme greats great give me some pop good give me a hug give me the money great okay give me a hug give me a kiss give me a drink good give me a break great and then some lemming examples as well let me have some chips good let me handle this situation nice one also as I mentioned please keep in mind this is the way we pronounce it and some people will write these words give me and let me some people will write these words generally and for me as well I usually write give me or let me but you may see these so I personally I recommend you you write or you type give me or let me but in case in case you see these that's what they mean you and whew alright I'm late as usual we'll wrap up there for today that was a lot but I hope that you found some good patterns that you can use to make requests and offers thank you for your good questions and thank you for your great example sentences someone says give me your brain that's a good one sherry on Facebook that's funny Eunice says let me have let me have another drink good good good good example is everybody so I have to finish there for today we will of course though be back next week next week's lesson will be on November 28th November 28th Wednesday November 28th the topic will be how to learn on your commute how to learn on your commute so I know many people are very busy me too so how do you use the time that you have either in the car on the train or maybe even just walking I'll share some ideas for using little bits of time to to study to study so how can you use short periods of time in your day to study someone says do you have a podcast yes we do so I'll talk about that next week so please join us live next week Wednesday November 28th to talk about how to learn on your commute it will be a good time as always so I'll finish there for today don't forget to download your free things from the link below the video on youtube or above the video on facebook instagram please check YouTube or Facebook that would be great thank you very much to everybody for liking and sharing the video we have so many people joining us from all around the world that is awesome so thank you so so much we really appreciate you joining us every week with that I will say goodbye for this time so enjoy the rest of your week enjoy your weekend and we'll see you again soon Hey

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