OFFERING HELP / SERVICES

Offering help is a way and an expression to suggest or to offer help to someone who
needs it. The purpose is to offers assistance.
There are two kinds of offering: formal offers and informal offers
• Formal offers are used when you talk to someone who are older or whose
positionis higher than you.
• Informal offers are used when you talk to someone close to you

OFFERING HELP/SERVICES

FORMAL

 May I help you?

 May I be of assistant?
 Would you like/need a ny help?
 Is there anything I can do for you?
 Perhaps I could assist i n some way

INFORMAL

 Can I help you?

 Do you need any help?
 Let me help you
 Need some help?
 What can I do for you?
 How can I help you?
 What if I help you?
 ACCEPTING HELP / SERVICES

FORMAL

• That would be great, thank you so much

• That’s extremely kind/good/thoughtful of you

• Thank you, It’s very kind of you

• That is so nice of you, thank you

INFORMAL

• Yes, please

• Yes, please. I really appreciate it

• Yes, if you don’t mind

• Just what I needed!

REFUSING HELPS/ SERVICES

FORMAL

• It’s very good of you to offer, but I will manage it on my own

• I’m very grateful for your offer but ….

• Please don’t trouble yourself

• That’s extremely kind of you, but….

INFORMAL

• No, thank you

• Don’t worry I can help myself

• Don’t worry I will do it myself

• Thanks, but I prefer not bothering you

• I appreciate that but I can do it myself

• Please don’t be bother yourself