LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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11.6 Uses of modals for offers, requests and suggestions

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11.6E

Study:

Write:

Make requests for the following situations. You want someone to ...

1 hold the door open for you..Ш6/.W.OUkí.(¿CU..ЬШ-.Й^.ЁГГ..Ш,.?..
2 dial a number for you
3 translate a letter for you
4 deliver some flowers for you

Offering to do things for others [> LEG 11.39]


Offering to do things for others: e.g. Shall I carry that for you?
Yes/No responses: e.g. Can/Could you? That's very kind of you. No, thank you.

Make offers for the following situations.

1 An old lady clearly wants to put her large suitcase on the luggage rack.
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2 A young woman is shivering and the window is open.

3 Your friend accidentally drops some sheets of paper on the floor.

11.6F


Study:

Making suggestions that include the speaker [> LEG 11.40]


Making suggestions that include the speaker: e.g. Shall we go for a swim? [> 16.1B]
Yes/No responses: e.g. Yes, iet's./Yes, let's, shall we? No, I'd rather we didn't.

Write: Make suggestions to a friend for the following situations. You feel like ...

1 driving to the coast
2 having a meal out this evening
3 travelling first class
4 having a holiday in Bahia

11.6G Context


Write: Put in the missing requests, offers, etc.

PLEASE BE NICE TO NIGEL!
'Please be nice to Nigel,' his mother said to Jenny, the baby
she went out. Jenny is doing her best.
___ __ JENNY: \WffvM..ym. like something to eat, Nigel?
JENNY:^2 build a castle for you, Nigel?
В- JENNY: I'm cold.^3 shut the window for me?
¿ Ù r JENNY:^4 like to watch TV with me, Nigel?
JENNY:^5 borrow your crayons, Nigel?
JENNY:^6 play a game together?
¡"'M WmiW ft W JENNY:^7 get a glass of water for you, Nigel?
I Щ^Щл/J({)¡1Ы/Щ JENNY:^8 get a glass of water for me?
,[ JENNY:^9 you like to go to the moon, Nigel?

And I'd like to send you there! JENNY: And I'd like to send you there in a rocket!


sitter, before

NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: No!
NIGEL: Yes!
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