OFFERING TO HELP

By Kristianto Sarju Purwoko, S.Pd.Ing.

SMA Widya Wacana Secang
Hello students,
How are you doing today? I hope that you
are all in a good condition as I am.
I want to apologize because of the bad
internet connection I couldn’t manage to
upload the material for our first Engish
class last week.

Well, this is our first topic this semester:

Offering to Help
Introduction

When something need to be done you can

ask someone else to do it, or offer to do it
yourself or just do it without saying
anything.

If someone else is doing something,

you can offer to help.
Some Useful Ways of Offering to
Help
• Let me get it for you
• Can I help you with that?
• Could/Can I…?
• How about I…?
• May I…?
• If you like, I can get it for you
• Would you like me to...?
Answers for Accepting an Offer to
Help

• That’s very kind of you, thanks

• Oh, would you? Thanks.
• Thank you.
• If you don’t mind
• Yes, please
• That would be nice/kind
• That’s so sweet/nice/kind of you
Example:
Accepting the Offer to Help
Person 1: Can I get you something to drink?
Person 2: Yes, that would be nice, Thank you.

Person 1: May I get you something to drink?

Person 2: Yes, I’d love to get some tea.
REMEMBER!

“Can I help you with that?” (with falling

intonation) is one way of offering to do
something you should use while an action is
already in progress.

To answer this offer, you should say “That

sounds good!” (with rising intonation)
Answer to Refuse an Offer to Help
• No, thanks.
• No, I really won’t, thank you.
• Not for me thanks.
• No, thanks. I’m not hungry.
• Thank you, but I’m on a diet.
• That’s very kind. Unfortunately, I’d like to,
but....
Example:
Refusing the Offer to Help
Person 1: Would you like some cookies?
Person 2: Thank you, but I’m on a diet.

Person 1: How about a cup of tea?

Person 2: I’d like to have a cup of tea.
Unfortunately, I’m late for a meeting.
Your task (Tugas kalian):
Write a dialog use the expression of
offering to help and accepting or
refusing based on the picture below!
This is the end of our English class today.

Thanks for joining my class.

Keep your spirit, stay healthy.

See you again next time.

Bye ...bye....