Part of Sounding polite and considerate
Practice English with 8 real-video lessons in Polite ways to ask for things, part of the Sounding polite and considerate course in Sublex.
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Lesson 1
I remember in my first year living in Spain I went to the shop with a friend of mine a Spanish friend and place it to the man in the shop the Spanish equivalent of hello please...
Lesson 2
instead of being direct because if you are direct in English you can easily appear rude and we really don't want to appear rude in most situations we don't tell people what we w...
Lesson 3
remember say them with a smile say them with a friendly voice and always say please at the end let's go could I have could I have you're in a restaurant and you ask the waiter c...
Lesson 4
asking for things what we can do is we can put please as the first word of the sentence please can I have please can I have okay please can I have the pizza or please may I have...
Lesson 5
that pen will ya if we add willya at the end of an imperative at the end of an order like pass me the pen or give me the pen if we add William at the end it makes it less direct...
Lesson 6
give me the report on Monday you could say do you want to give me the report on Monday this is a really really useful expression that to use at work you are giving your colleagu...
Lesson 7
alright if you want to speak advanced English then download my free ebook English quick fix that is going to give you 16 steps to speak advanced English it's free and if you're...
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