openMind Level 2

Unit 3 Grammar 2

MODALS OF PERMISSION,
REQUEST, AND OFFER
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

Could you fill out

this form, please?

Yes, I can.

May I use
your pen?

1. How many modal verbs can you see?

2. Which form of the verb do we use with them? base
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

Match the questions to their functions.

1. Could you fill in a. making an

this form, please? offer

2. May I use your b. making a

pen? request

3. Can I help you c. asking for

with anything? permission
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

Other examples of modals of permission, request,

and offer:

May I open the

may not
No, you ________.
window?

Can you open the

can’t
No, I ________.
window?
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

Are these sentences requests or offers?

I will book a table for

two for tonight.
Can I do something
else for you?

To make an offer, use _ ca_ n_ in questions

and _
w _i _l _
l in statements.
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

Complete the tables with the correct forms of help.

Can Can help

help you
I Could help
Could help ourselves
we
yourselves
May help
Ithemselves
Can help
you
I
will help
We
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

Match the headings to the tables.

Can Can
you help
I Could
Could help
we
May
I
Can
Making an offer we
help
Asking for permission I
will
We
Making a request
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

Correct three mistakes in these sentences.

1. May I/we
you have dinner with you?

2. Could you sign at the bottom of the page?

3. Will
Can I have a cheese sandwich, please?

4. May I see your suitcase, sir?

5. Can we rent a car tomorrow?

6. We willplan
to plan a tour of the city for you.
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REQUEST, AND OFFER

1. Write three sentences.

Ask for permission using

can, could, or may.
Make a request
using can or could.

Make an offer using

can or will.

2. Work in pairs. Listen and respond appropriately.

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REQUEST AND OFFER

Grammar wrap-up

You can use may to make

a request. True or false? False

You use the base form of

the verb with modal True
verbs. True or false?