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1. COULD (REQUESTS)

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

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

4. COULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE
WINDOW?

5. COULD
IS USED TO ASK FOR
FAVORS…

6. AGAIN!
• YOU PLEASE
• PASS ME THE COOKIES?
• MOMMY, COULD

7. MOMMY, COULD YOU PLEASE PASS ME
THE COOKIES?
PROBLEM SOLUTION

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

9. Conversation:Jose, there is a
concert- Vicente
Fernandez. Would
you like to go?

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

11. Conversation:Jose, there is a
concert- Vicente
Fernandez. Would
you like to go?
Yes, i would love to
Rosa. How much are
the tickets?
$200.000 each

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

13. 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.

14. 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