Modal Verbs: Making Requests
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Do you ever need to ask for help?
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Learn how to use modal verbs to ask for help
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and make other requests.
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Listen for can and could in this story.
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Last Saturday, before I went to the
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library I called my friend and asked to
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use his bike.
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Hi Matt. Can I borrow your bike?
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Sure! On my way to the library
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I got lost. Excuse me. Could you please
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give me directions to the library?
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Of course. Go straight and then turn right.
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The library is on the left.
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There are several model verbs we use to make
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requests. Can and could are two of them.
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Could is more polite than can but adding
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please to any request makes it more
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polite.
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Unlike other modal verbs for requests we
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can use both you and I after can and
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could. Can you help me with my homework?
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Can I borrow your car? Could you lend me
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a hand?
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Could I speak to your manager, please?
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Click pause and rearrange the words to
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create a request.
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This is American English. Thank you for watching.
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