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Have you ever offering help to

someone?
Offering help
and Response
Offering

Definition Function
Offer means to give something To facilitate interpersonal
physical or abstract to someone, communication between
which can be taken as a gift or a different people.
trade
Expression/Gambits

May I...? Can I...?

How about
Shall I...?
I...?
Examples of Offers

• Shall I bring you


some tea?
• May I give you a
hand?
• Would you like me
to close the window
• Can I help you? for you?
• Would you like • Shall I help you with
another piece of your homework?
cake?
Responding to Offers

Making Offers Accepting Offers

Can I help you? Yes, please.


I really appreciate it.
Shall I bring you some tea? Thank you, it’s very kind of you.

Would you like another helping of Yes, please. That would be lovely.
cake?
How about I help you with this? Yes, please. That would be very
kind of you.
Can I take you home? Thank you, I appreciate your help.
Sentence Structure
Modal verb Subject Object

Would You Care of another cup of


tea?
Shall We Take you there?

Could I Offer you something?

Will You Have tea with that?


Example
Dina: Hey, is everything okay? You seem a bit upset.

Andi: Yeah, I'm just having a bad day. Thanks for asking, though.

Dina: No problem. If you need someone to talk to or if there's anything I


can do to help, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Andi: Actually, that's really kind of you. I might take you up on that offer
later.
EXERCISE
What have we
learned?

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