COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

PRACTICE A CONVERSATION ABOUT BORROWING

PRACTICE MAKING REQUESTS WITH MODALS, IF CLAUSES, AND
GERUNDS
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than
To get

drive

taking

had
 FAVORS
•Proverb: “A friend in
need is a friend indeed.”

A friend who helps you

when you need it is a true
friend.
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To lend is to
give
Difference
between lend
and borrow.
To borrow is
to take
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STATEMENT
FOR THIS
PICTURE.

Who is lending?
Who is borrowing?
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SNAPSHOT ON Buying a cup
a coffee for
PAGE 16 someone

Buy me a Loaning them

money for it
coffee.
Treating
them to a cup
of coffee
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ON
1. What are they doing?
2. What are they talking
about?
3. What does Jana want to
borrow?
4. Does her friend Min-gu
want to lend it?
5. How do you know?
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MISTAKES
This weekend Jana is going to her cousin’s concert.
She wants to take photos for a photo album.
Jana has used a digital camera many times before.
She would like to pick the camera up tonight.
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REQUEST WITH MODALS,
IF CLAUSES AND
GERUNDS
“ FIND TWO EXAMPLES OF
REQUESTS BEGINNING WITH
WOULD.
”
If clauses and the present tense

1. Request with if clauses and the present tense Is it OK if…?

And Do you mind if…? Are followed by the present tense:
Is it OK if… is answered with “yes” if the
request is granted. “No” means the person
Is it OK if I borrow your phone? denies the request.

Do you mind if…is answered with “no” if

Do you mind if I use your CD burner? the request is granted. “Yes” means the
person denies the request.
If clauses and the past tense
2. Requests with if clauses and the past tense Would it be OK if…?
And Would you mind if…? Are followed by the past tense:
Would it be OK if… is answered with “yes”
if the request is granted. “No” means the
Would it be OK if I picked it up on Friday? person denies the request.

Would you mind if I borrowed your new digital camera?

Would you mind if…is answered with

“no” if the request is granted. “Yes”
means the person denies the request.
 Requests with if clauses and modals

4. Wonder + if is followed by a modal: If the request is granted:

“Sure, that’s fine.”/ “Of
course.”/ “No problem.”
I wonder if I could borrow some money.

I was wondering if you would mind letting me use your car.

If the request is
denied: “Sorry” +
explanation
3. Requests with gerunds (-ing)
Would you mind (without if) is followed by a gerund:

Would you mind letting me use your laptop?

“No” if the request is granted.

“Yes” means the person denies
the request.
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