Three Step English for Upper Intermediate Learners - Practice #3 - Making Polite Requests - Recap
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know how to make polite requests in English? |
| 0:03.0 | Welcome to three-step English practice by Englishclass.com. |
| 0:08.0 | In this lesson, you will practice how to make polite requests in English. |
| 0:13.0 | Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| 0:16.0 | Two people are having a conversation. |
| 0:20.0 | It would be great if you sent those to me as soon as possible. |
| 0:25.6 | No problem. |
| 0:27.6 | What about the outstanding invoices from last month? |
| 0:31.6 | I would appreciate it if you forwarded those to me as well. |
| 0:36.6 | Notice the past forms we use in this dialogue. |
| 0:40.3 | Sent forwarded. |
| 0:42.3 | They don't mean past time here, |
| 0:44.3 | simply making the request sound more tentative and courteous. |
| 0:48.3 | Remember the main pattern we've learned? |
| 0:53.3 | Subject plus would plus bare infinitive phrase, |
| 0:59.0 | plus if, plus past tense clause. |
| 1:03.0 | And the alternative version, if plus past tense clause, plus subject, plus would, |
| 1:11.6 | plus bare infinitive phrase. |
| 1:14.6 | Let's practice this grammar more in this lesson. |
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