Making Polite Requests

A1 · Beginner57 minBasic BasicsLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: ask for things politely with “Can I…?”, “Could you…?” and “please” — in a café, at home, and at work.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Asking nicely

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Being Polite

    Read a 79-word text about Being Polite

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Polite Request Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Polite Requests

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Make Polite Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Practice: Making Requests

    Role-play: You are at a restaurant and need to ask for things (6 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: three polite requests

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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