Презентация на тему Apologizing and requesting permission

form of general questions with the help of the

modal verbs MAY, CAN, COULD, WILL, WOULD. Requests are pronounced with rising intonation at the end of the question. Adding "please" to a request makes it more polite. As a rule, polite requests are not asked in the form of negative questions.

Requests

used in making polite requests in speech and writing,

in communication with strangers and with people you know. CAN in requests is considered to be less polite than the other modals in this group. CAN is generally used in informal requests, mostly in conversation with friends and family. Note the use of the pronouns "I, you". In requests, MAY is used in the form "May I"; WILL and WOULD are used in the forms "Will you" and "Would you"; COULD and CAN are used in both variants.

borrow your pen, please?
Could I speak to Tom Lee,

please?
Could you lend me thirty dollars till Wednesday, please?
Can I borrow your pen, please?
Can you tell me where the bank is, please?
Will you please be quiet?
Would you please ask her to call me?

Examples

positively, use the following typical responses to requests.
Formal style: I'd

be glad to. / I'd be happy to.
Less formal: Yes, of course. / Of course. / Certainly.
Informal: Sure. / No problem. / Uh-huh.

Typical responses to requests

No problem

I’ d be glad to.

– I'd be glad to.
Could you help me with

this report? – Yes, of course. / Certainly.
Could I borrow your calculator for a minute? – Sure, here it is.
Could you tell me where the bank is, please? – Sure. It's right around the corner on Fifth Street, next to the post office.

Examples

to a request negatively, use the following typical responses.
Formal

style: I'm afraid it's not possible. / I'm very sorry, but... / I'd like to, but... / I wish I could (help), but...
Less formal: Sorry. / Sorry, I can't.

I need it today.
Would you please ask him to

call me at seven o'clock? – I'd like to, but I won't see him.
May I speak to Mr. Brown, please? – Sorry, he is not in.
Could I use your phone? – I'm sorry. I'm waiting for a phone call.

Examples

a request. Permission is asked in the form of

affirmative questions with the help of MAY, COULD, CAN. MAY asks for formal permission, COULD is less formal, and CAN asks informal permission. MAY and COULD are more polite than CAN.
Permission is given with the help of typical responses to requests mentioned above or with the help of MAY (formal permission) and CAN (informal permission). If permission is not given, "can't" is generally used. "May not" is used in formal situations. 

Requesting permission

house till Wednesday? – 1. Yes, you may. 2.

No, you may not. / I'm afraid it's not possible.
Less formal: Could I stay here till Wednesday? – 1. Yes, of course. / Certainly. / Yes, you can. 2. I'm afraid it's not possible. / Sorry, you can't.
Informal: Can I stay here till Wednesday? – Sure.

Examples

me, could you tell me the time?
Excuse me, but

this is my place.
Excuse me, where is the shop?
Sorry – это извинение за уже предоставленную вами неприятность.
I’m sorry I have broken your favourite cup.
I’m sorry about that .
I’m sorry, but this is my place.

Excuse me vs I’m sorry

me?
Совсем грубое:
What? 
«Sorry, I can’t hear you»

sorry.
I am awfully sorry.
I am very, very sorry about

it!
I beg your pardon. 

«Sorry => beg your pardon»

ОГРОМНЫЙ вес. Т.е. произнести такую фразу уместно только в

том случае, когда вы нанесли серьезный удар знакомому человеку и достаточно давно (т.е. не сию секунду).
- Please, forgive me! I was such a fool!

Forgive me

письме.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Please accept our humble apology. 
Apologize

offended.
Oops! I really didn’t want to.
Yourself to blame. 
Other variants

of apologizing