SPEAKING:

Contents:

• Making the request and offers

• Replying the requests and offers

• Task 1

• Task 2

• Being polite: white lies

• Task 3

Making the request and offers

• Could you possibly…?

• Would you mind (not)…?

• I wonder if you could…?

• Do you think you could…?

• Would you like (me) to…?

• Do you happen to know…?

Making the request and offers

• Would you please (not) …?

• I’ d be very grateful if you could…?

• I was wondering if you could possibly…?

• I hope you don’t mind my asking, but I wonder if it might…?

Replying the requests and offers

Accept:

• Yes, of course

• Great!

• I’d love to

• That’s a good idea.

• I’m very glad to…

Replying the requests and offers

Refuse:

• I’d love to, but…

• I’m terribly sorry…

• I’m afraid I…

• That’s really kind of you, but…

• Believe me, I would if I could, but…

Task 1: Work with a partner. Take turns to make the requests and offers and

accept or refuse them politely, using one of above expressions

• Give me a lift

• Help me find my glasses!

• Come for a meal tomorrow evening

• Lend me your dictionary

Task 1: Work with a partner. Take turns to make the requests and offers and

accept or refuse them politely, using one of above expressions

• Look after my dog while I’m on holiday

• Where’s the toilet?

• Can I help you with this exercise?

• Stop whistling

Task 2: Work in groups of four and role the following situation, using functions of

making and reply the request and offers

• Anna and Ben have invited their friends Kim and Henry to their house for dinner.

Being polite:

White

lies

In our lives, we sometimes have to use “white lies”:

• To not affect on other people

• To not hurt their feelings• To make other people

satisfy• To make listeners

happier

Task 3: You will work in pairs and discuss

“white lies” you might tell in the following situations

• Situation 1

• Situation 2

• Situation 3

• Situation 1:

You’re having a meal with your host family . You’ve just forced yourself to eat something you don’t like, when your host says “You must have some more!”

• Situation 2:

A friend has just had a baby who you think looks like any other newborn baby. “Isn’t he gorgeous?” she coos.

• Situation 3:

Your aunt invites you to go on holiday with her for two weeks. You love her, but know it would be a disaster and it would be no holiday for you.