Project the use of could you + base form for polite requests.

1. UNIT 13 LESSON 2:
COULD (REQUESTS)

2. LOOK AT THE PICTURE
COULD (REQUESTS)

3. IT’S VERY HOT AND SUNNY.
COULD (REQUESTS)

4. THE WINDOW IS CLOSED
COULD (REQUESTS)

5. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
COULD (REQUESTS)

6. HE IS HOT.
HE NEEDS TO
OPEN THE
WINDOW
COULD (REQUESTS)

7. MARIA IS NEXT TO THE WINDOW
COULD (REQUESTS)

8. WHAT’S THE FAVOR?
COULD (REQUESTS)

9. MARIA, COULD
YOU PLEASE
OPEN THE
WINDOW?
COULD (REQUESTS)

10. COULD: MEANING AND FORM
COULD:
•It is used to ask for favors
(requests)
Let’s remember something first…
COULD (REQUESTS)

11. COULD…
Structure:
COULD (REQUESTS)

12. COULD
Structure:
COULD
VERB
(IN BASE
FORM)
SUBJECT
?
COULD (REQUESTS)

13. COULD
Structure:
COULD
VERB
(IN BASE
FORM)
SUBJECT
?
EXAMPLE:
COULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE WINDOW?
Podrías cerrar la ventana?
COULD (REQUESTS)

14. COULD
Structure:
COULD
VERB
(IN BASE
FORM)
SUBJECT
?
EXAMPLE:
COULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE WINDOW?
Podrías cerrar la ventana?
COULD (REQUESTS)

15. COULD
Structure:
COULD
VERB
(IN BASE
FORM)
SUBJECT
?
EXAMPLE:
COULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE WINDOW?
Podrías cerrar la ventana?
COULD (REQUESTS)

16. COULD
Structure:
COULD
VERB
(IN BASE
FORM)
SUBJECT
?
EXAMPLE:
COULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE WINDOW?
Podrías cerrar la ventana?
COULD (REQUESTS)

17. COULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE
WINDOW?
COULD (REQUESTS)

18. COULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE
WINDOW?
COULD (REQUESTS)

19. COULD
IS USED TO ASK FOR
FAVORS…
COULD (REQUESTS)

20. AGAIN!
• MOMMY, COULD
COULD (REQUESTS)

21. AGAIN!
• YOU PLEASE
• MOMMY, COULD
COULD (REQUESTS)

22. AGAIN!
• YOU PLEASE
• PASS ME THE COOKIES?
• MOMMY, COULD
COULD (REQUESTS)

23. MOMMY, COULD YOU PLEASE PASS ME
THE COOKIES?
PROBLEM SOLUTION
COULD (REQUESTS)

24. LET’S SUMMARIZE…
COULD
COULD (REQUESTS)

25. LET’S SUMMARIZE…
COULD
To ask for
favors
COULD (REQUESTS)

26. LET’S SUMMARIZE…
COULD
To ask for favors
Example: Could you
please open the window?
COULD (REQUESTS)

27. LET’S SUMMARIZE…
COULD
To ask for favors
Example: Could you
please open the window?
Structure
COULD (REQUESTS)

28. LET’S SUMMARIZE…
COULD
To ask for favors
Example: Could you please open
the window?
Structure
Could + subject+ verb (in base
form)+ complement?
COULD (REQUESTS)

29. Conversation:Jose, there is a
concert- Vicente
Fernandez. Would
you like to go?
COULD (REQUESTS)

30. Conversation:Jose, there is a
concert- Vicente
Fernandez. Would
you like to go?
Yes, i would love to
Rosa. How much are
the tickets?
COULD (REQUESTS)

31. Conversation:Jose, there is a
concert- Vicente
Fernandez. Would
you like to go?
Yes, i would love to
Rosa. How much are
the tickets?
It’s $200.000
COULD (REQUESTS)

32. Conversation:
Ummm. Well, I have a
problem. It is very expensive
and I dont have money. Could
you please lend me some?
COULD (REQUESTS)

33. Conversation:
Ummm. Well, I have a
problem. It is very expensive
and I dont have money.
Could you please lend me
some?
Ok. No problem.
COULD (REQUESTS)

34. Conversation:
Ummm. Well, I have a
problem. It is very expensive
and I dont have money.
Could you please lend me
some?
Ok. No problem.
FAVOR
COULD (REQUESTS)

35. COULD (REQUESTS)
Thank you!!!