This document discusses asking for and offering help. It defines asking for help as expressing a request for assistance from someone. Offering help is defined as suggesting or providing assistance willingly to someone in need. The document provides examples of formal and informal ways to ask for and offer help through example sentences and dialogues. It illustrates asking for help with tasks like directions or homework and offering help with things like heavy luggage or crossing the street. The purpose is to learn polite ways to request and provide help.

1. Asking For
and Offering
Help

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The Definition of Asking and Offering for help
The Purpose of Asking and Offering for help
A kind of asking and offering for help
The Response of asking and offering for help
The example of Asking and and offering help
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3. DEFINITION:
Asking for Help is a way and an expression to ask a help to someone
PURPOSES:
Purpose of asking for help to asking a help to someone when in
addition
ASKING FOR HELP

4. A KIND OF ASKING FOR AND OFFERING
HELP
FORMAL
Are used when you talk
with someone are older
or whose position is
higher than you
INFORMAL
Are used when you talk
to someone close to you

5. EXAMPLE OF ASKING FOR HELP (FORMAL
SITUATION)
1) Could you possibly help me?
2) Could I possibly ask you to help me?
3) Would you be willing to help me?
4) I wonder if you could help me with this?
5) Could you spare a moment?

6. DIALOGUE EXAMPLE OF ASKING FOR HELP (FORMAL
SITUATION)
Tourist : Excuse me Mam, would you please
show me the way to Cendana hotel?
Local : Oh sure, you can take A-05 bus and just
get off at the second stop. Then you can find the
Cendana hotel across the stop.
Tourist : Thanks for the information Mam. Once again, is
there any train station near the Cendana hotel?
Local : Yes, there are two stations near that hotel.
Tourist : Thanks for your helps Mam.

7. 1) Can you help me, please?
2) I can’t manage. Can you help?
3) Give me a hand with this, will you?
4) Lend me a hand with this, will you?
5) Let me give you my hand.
EXAMPLE OF ASKING FOR HELP (INFORMAL
SITUATION)

8. DIALOGUE EXAMPLE OF ASKING FOR HELP (INFORMAL
SITUATION)
Devi : Hello, Cika, are you busy?
Cika : Hi, Devi. Hmm not really. I’m just checking my homework now
Devi : Oh, can you help me, please?
Cika : Sure, what I need to do?
Devi : Help me to answer the question, because I’m confused.
Cika : It’s easy Devi. Let me help you

10. DEFINITION
Offering help is a way and an expression to suggest or to help
someone who needs it.
PURPOSES
Purpose of offering help to offer assistance for someone who is doing
something politely
OFFERING HELP

11. EXAMPLE OF OFFERING HELP (FORMAL
SITUATION)
1) Would you like some help?
2) May I help you?
3) May I offer my assistance?
4) Could I help you?
5) What shall I do for you?

12. EXAMPLE SENTENCES OF OFFERING HELP
(FORMAL SITUATION)
1) It’s almost 5.30 p.m., but it looks like you still have a
lot of tasks. May I help you?
2) Mr. Jams said that you have to finish the draft of the
proposal in two days, it sounds bad. May I offer my
assistance?
3) I heard that you scheduled some meetings with
investors this week. Would you like some help?

13. EXAMPLE OF OFFERING HELP
(INFORMAL SITUATION)
1) Can I help you?
2) Need any help?
3) Do you need a hand?
4) Can I give you a hand?
5) Do you need any help?

14. 1) Your suitcase looks heavy, need any
help?
2) Are you looking for your wallet? Can I help
you?
3) Can I give you a hand to cross the street
Example sentences of offering help
(informal situation)

16. Practice the dialogue above!
Sissy : Uh, I have a stomachache.
Randy : What happened, Sissy? Are you little bit unwell?
Sissy : Yeah, I think so.
Randy : It sounds bad, do you need any help to take some
medicine?
Sissy : That’s very good of you. Please take some medicine in my
bedroom.
Randy : Okay, wait a minute.
DIALOG OF ASKING AND OFFERING HELP

17. …cont.
Randy : Here’s the medicine.
Sissy : Thank you, can I ask a favor?
Randy : Sure, I’d like to help you.
Sissy : Please give me a glass of water from the kitchen.
Randy : Okay.
Sissy : Randy, I feel worse. Can you help me? It will be good if you take me
to the
hospital.
Randy : I am afraid I can't do it. I haven't driven a car with manual
transmission in a
long time. Don’t worry, I’ll call a taxi.
Sissy : Okay, thank you.

18. Anita : Hello Ms. Ratu you looks so busy, may I help you?
Ms. Ratu : Yes I am. Could you please bring students' homework books
in my table?
Anita : Sure, and where should I bring it to?
Ms. Ratu : Please bring the books to your class, and say sorry to your
friends that I may
coming late to the class.
Anita : Okay Miss Ratu. Is there anything else?
Ms. Ratu : No, it's enough. Thank you very much for your help Anita.
Anita : It’s my pleasure.
PRACTICE THE DIALOGUE ABOVE!

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