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ASKING FOR FAVOURS AND OFFERING ASSISSTANCE

ASKING FOR FAVOURS AND OFFERING ASSISSTANCE. (SPEAKING). 1. ASKING FOR FAVOURS. When you ask someone for a favour , you are asking him to help you with something. For example, you could ask someone to return a library book for you, pick your mother up or look after your cat.

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ASKING FOR FAVOURS AND OFFERING ASSISSTANCE

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  1. ASKING FOR FAVOURS AND OFFERING ASSISSTANCE (SPEAKING)

  2. 1. ASKING FOR FAVOURS When you ask someone for a favour, you are asking him to help you with something. For example, you could ask someone to return a library book for you, pick your mother up or look after your cat

  3. 2. OFFERING ASSISSTANCE When you offer assistance, you volunteer to help someone to do something. For example, you could offer to carry your sister’s heavy bag, give a friend a lift home, or look after your neighbour’s dog or cat while he is away.

  4. TIME TO PRACTISE Read the two conversations and answer the questions by completing the table. Conversation 1 (phone rings) Kate : Good morning, Uncle Mark Uncle Mark : Morning, young Kate. And how are you today? Kate : I’m very well thank you, Uncle Mark. Uncle Mark, are you still picking me up for choir practise this afternoon? Uncle Mark : Of course. Why? Kate : Would you mind picking Cherry up, too? Her mum’s car broke down this morning. Uncle Mark : No, I don’t mind at all. Kate : Oh thanks, Uncle Mark. I’ll call Cherry and let her know. Goodbye, Uncle Mark. See you later. Uncle Mark : Goodbye, Kate.

  5. Conversation two Fifi : Ed! Hey Ed! Ed : Oh hi, Fifi. Why weren’t you in class yesterday? You missed an important lecture. Fifi : I know. I was chilling out at the beach with some friends. That’s why I need to copy somebody’s notes. Could I borrown your notes Ed? Ed : I’m sorry, Fifi. Prof George is giving a test tomorrow and I need my notes to study. Fifi : Oh, never mind, Ed. I shouldn’t have gone on the picnic in the first place. Ed : Well, you are learning!

  6. Part A : Asking for Favours Ask for favour or assistance in each of the following situations. • Your ceiling fan needs to be cleaned. • You would like some sugar in your tea. • You need to go to college, but your car battery has gone flat. • You are in a bookshop. You are looking for a book on butterflies. • Your dog is missing.

  7. Part B : Offering Assistance In each of the following situations, use appropriate expressions to offer assistance. • Your sister has dropped and broken a plate. • You see an old woman with a heavy shopping bag. • Your friend is trying to fix a model aeroplane. • You have no time to post a letter to your father. You ask your roommate to do it for you. • Your teacher asks you to carry some books to her car. How should you respond?

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