The document discusses various ways to make, accept, and reject requests in English, highlighting imperative sentences and polite phrases. It provides examples of informal, semi-formal, and formal ways of responding to requests, including appropriate language for both acceptance and rejection. The content is structured to help learners communicate effectively in different situations.

1. Content
Making Request in
English
1. The Different ways of
making requests in English
2. Accepting Request
3. Rejecting Request
SPEAKING CLASS MEETING 3
Ms. Eny

2. The different ways of making
requests in English
IMPERATIVE SENTENCE
Used to command or to make a request
It begins with “verb”
Easiest way and rudest way
EXAMPLE
Open the door!
Close the door!
Turn on the lamp!
Turn off the fan!
Don’t ever touch my phone!
Give me a pen!
Turn off the TV!

3. Can you…..?/Can you please….?
 Can you answer the phone, please?
 Can you call me his afternoon?
 Can you get me a cup of coffee?
 Can you please water the plant?
 Can you please get me some water?
 Can you please help me with my
homework?
How to make it: Can you/Can you
please + the base verb

4. Could you/Could you please…?
 Could you please join to my business?
 Could you please turn the volume up?
 Listen, could you please speak up? I
cannot hear you.
 Could you please clean up the table?
Can Could
PAST
Could you / Could you please + base
verb

5. Accepting Requests
TO ACCEPT THE REQUEST :
 Sure!
 Sure thing
No problem
Of course
Consider it done
For example:
Could you please answer the phone? Sure thing!
 Can you turn the volume down? No problem!
 Will you help me with my homework? Of
course!
 Would you call her tonight? Consider it done!

6. Rejecting Requests
INFORMAL WAY :
 No way!
 That’s not gonna happen.
 In your dreams.
Examples:
 Can you answer the phone? No way!
 Hey, turn the volume down. That’s not
gonna happen.
 Go get me a cup of coffee. In your
dreams!

7. Rejecting Requests
SEMI-FORMAL WAY :
 No, it’s just that…..
 No, the thing is….
Examples:
 Hey, turn the volume down. No, it’s just
that this is my favorite show!
 Will you close the windows? No, the
thing is I’m actually hot.

8. Rejecting Requests
FORMAL WAY :
I’m afraid….
 I’m afraid not.
 I’m afraid I can’t do this.
I’m sorry, but….
 I’m sorry, but I can’t close the windows.
Because it’s too hot in here.
 I’m sorry, but I can’t get a cup of water.
Because it’s too expensive
Examples:
 Would you mind helping me with my
homework?
 I’m afraid I can’t. See, I’m kind of busy
myself.
 Will you please open the window?
 I’m sorry but I’m kind of cold myself.