GRANTING REQUESTS

Definition :

    Granting requests is to express a wish or ask for to grant a request in a polite or formal way often followed by an infinitive or by a clause beginning with that.

Expressing Granting Request

- Asking someone to do something:

   • Can you give me the book?

   • Could you phone me at 7 o’clock?

   • Would you mind repairing my watch?

   • Do you think you could take me to the shop ?

   • I wonder if you could write me an application letter?

-Asking someone for something:

   • Can I borrow your pen?

   • Could I have a seat?

   • Can’t I sit beside you?

 • May I use your computer?

- The expression to accept it:

•       OK

•       Sure

•       All right

•       Certainly

•       It’s a pleasure

-  The expression to refuse it:

•       I’m afraid, I ….. (give your reason).

•       I’m sorry, I can’t.

•      I’d like to, but…(give your reason).