The document discusses offering help, including defining it as giving assistance to someone politely. It notes there are informal and formal offers and that offering help follows a question structure. Examples are provided of offering help orally and in writing, with potential accepting and rejecting responses. The purpose, types, structure, language features, and examples of offering help are summarized.
The document discusses offering help, including defining it as giving assistance to someone politely. It notes there are informal and formal offers and that offering help follows a question structure. Examples are provided of offering help orally and in writing, with potential accepting and rejecting responses. The purpose, types, structure, language features, and examples of offering help are summarized.
The document discusses offering help, including defining it as giving assistance to someone politely. It notes there are informal and formal offers and that offering help follows a question structure. Examples are provided of offering help orally and in writing, with potential accepting and rejecting responses. The purpose, types, structure, language features, and examples of offering help are summarized.
1. is an expression that is used to give to help someone
2. The purpose is to offer assistance for someone who is doing something politely. There are two kinds of offering help: informal offers and formal offers. 3. Generic Structure: the structure of offering help or service is the structure of question, namely Wh-+Aux+S+ V and Aux +S 4. Language Features • Orally/Spoken -use modals -use intonation -use pronunciation -use gesture • there’s a mimic -written -use simple present tense -use simple language
5. Example of Offering Help:
• Do you want me to do something?
Accepting: That would be helpful Rejecting: no, thank you • World you like me to do something? Accepting: How kind of you. Thank you. Rejecting: Thank you But I can do it by myself. • Would it be helpful if I help you? Accepting: Yes, if you don’t mind Rejecting: Then for your app. But I don't need any help