Lesson 1
Why politeness matters
hello there in case my teeth didn't make it obvious i'm british and we british people love more than anything else to be polite but sometimes you want to no you need to be rude...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Part of Sounding polite and considerate
Polite requests and questions
Practice English with 10 real-video lessons in Polite requests and questions, part of the Sounding polite and considerate course in Sublex.
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Lesson 2
Using sorry politely
sorry to bother you but [Music] i know this is long we are weird i'm sorry about that see we do it all the time but if we say it and now you say it we assume that you're one of...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 3
Do you mind if I
do you mind if i sit here you say it nice you're amazing but we could to make it more natural sounding combine do you to sound like ja ja mind say it with me do you mind if i si...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 4
Is it all right if I
doesn't exist say all right if i sit here see can't hear it try that practice with me is it all right if i sit here you can do faster it's right if i sit here you are amazing yo...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 5
Polite conditional requests
if you use a present tense verb in a second conditional sentence in a test yeah your teacher might punch you in the face but in natural conversation it's fine and it has basical...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 6
Asking indirect questions
you're amazing i'm so proud of you a different structure but still asking for information you've lost your phone where is it ah my friend maybe she knows do you know where my ph...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 7
Softening a request
you're doing amazing keep going and finally this is way more advanced oh my god turn it down it's too loud can you turn it down there are so many little pieces of politeness tha...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 8
Polite request practice
could say in that situation if you add these to your instagram or tick tock make sure you tag me so i can see them and repost the best ones are you ready let's go is that all ri...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 9
Advanced polite questions
um ask them where the tube is sorry you wouldn't happen to know where the tube is would you congratulations now you're a professional polite person now go out there and oh no he...
Language: enDuration: 1 min
Language: en
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