Asking For Help
Asking For Help
Asking For Help
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We all need help sometimes.
commonly, it is not polite to ask
directly. So there are many
phrases that we can say before
a request to 'soften' it.
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Expressions asking help:
Can you give me a hand with this?
Could you help me for a second?
Can I ask a favor?
I wonder if you could help me with this?
I could do with some help, please.
I can't manage. Can you help?
Give me a hand with this, will you?
Lend me a hand with this, will you?
Could you spare a moment?
I need some help, please.
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Responses for
Accepting for Help:
× Okay
× Yes, I can.
× Okay, No problem.
× Sure
× Certainly
× No Problem
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Responses for
Declining for Help
× I'm sorry, I Can’t
× Sorry, I can't do it.
× Sorry, I’m busy
× You better manage it on your own.
× I'm afraid I can't do it
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Offering help
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Expressions of offering help:
× May I help you?
× Would you like to help me?
× Could you pass the salt over there, please?
× Would you like to come to my house?
× Would you mind if I sit here?
× Open the window, please.
× Could you please move to another chair?
× Would you like a cup of coffee?
× Could you please tell me where is the library?
× Would you like to take the garbage outside please?
× May I give you a hand?
× Shall I bring you a pillow?
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Accepting help
× Thank you.
× Yes, please.
× I'd like it very much.
× I'm pleased to do that.
× With Pleasure thank you.
× Yes please. I really appreciate it.
× Thank you, it's very kind of you
× Yes, please, that would be lovely
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Declining help
× No thanks.
× I can't, thanks anyway
× No, I really won't, thank you
× It's okay, I can do it.
× No thank you.
× No thanks, I don't need any help
× Don't worry, I will do it myself.
× That's alright, I will manage it on my
own
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Link for examples of conversation
https://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/employment/empl
oyment11.htm
offering help
https://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/employment/empl
oyment10.htm