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    This document discusses modal verbs used for making requests and asking for permission. It provides examples of using "can", "could", "may", "do you mind if", and "is it OK if" when asking for things or permission in both informal and formal situations. Key points covered include using "can" for informal requests, "could" for polite requests, and "may" as the most formal and polite way to ask permission. Specific phrases like "do you mind if" and "is it OK if" are explained as ways to check if a request may inconvenience someone. Examples are given for different situations.

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    This document discusses modal verbs used for making requests and asking for permission. It provides examples of using "can", "could", "may", "do you mind if", and "is it OK if" when asking for things or permission in both informal and formal situations. Key points covered include using "can" for informal requests, "could" for polite requests, and "may" as the most formal and polite way to ask permission. Specific phrases like "do you mind if" and "is it OK if" are explained as ways to check if a request may inconvenience someone. Examples are given for different situations.

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    This document discusses modal verbs used for making requests and asking for permission. It provides examples of using "can", "could", "may", "do you mind if", and "is it OK if" when asking for things or permission in both informal and formal situations. Key points covered include using "can" for informal requests, "could" for polite requests, and "may" as the most formal and polite way to ask permission. Specific phrases like "do you mind if" and "is it OK if" are explained as ways to check if a request may inconvenience someone. Examples are given for different situations.

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    Modal Verbs

    For Making Requests


    Asking for permission
    Making requests
    Requests (near future)
    Could (polite request)
    Could you say it again?

    Can (informal)
    (urgent)
    Can you help me?
    Can you give me a hand?

    Can I have a glass of water? (to his friend)


    Could you give me a glass of water? (to his friend’s
    mother)
    Would you mind + ing…?
    Would you mind watching my bag while I go to the
    toilet?
    Would you mind taking me home?

    (when we consider that my request could be an


    incovenient for the other person)
    Asking for permission
    Modal verbs: Can, Could and May.
    Phrases: ‘Do you mind if I…?’ And ‘Is it OK if I…?’

    When to use each of them?


    Take into account how polite you want to be, how formal
    you want to be, how formal is the situation, how well
    you know the people you are asking.
    Asking for permission
    Modal verbs
    Can (you hope the answer is ‘yes’?)
    (informal, urgent)
    Can I borrow your pencil?

    Could (formal, leaves some room for possibilities)


    Could I borrow your dictionary?
    May (the most polite way, the most formally recognized
    way in English)
    May I borrow your dictionary?

    Do you mind if I…? (I hope I’m not causing you too


    much trouble)
    It is used when you think something will be
    inconvenient for someone. You don’t want to disturb
    the others.
    A: Do you mind if I borrow your pen?
    B: No, I don’t mind. (here you have you can use it)
    Is it OK (alright) if I…?
    It is the same as saying, "Is it legal?"
    is it against the law/the rules?

    Is it OK if I smoke in here?
    Examples
    May
    Staff: May I pour you more wine, ma’am?
    Guest: Sure.

    Do you mind if I …?
    Staff: Do you mind if I clean the room now, sir?
    Guest: Actually, would it be possible for you to come
    back in half an hour?
    Staff: No problem, sir.
    Is it OK if I …?
    Staff: Is it OK if I make a copy of your passport?
    Guest: Sure, whatever you need.
    Practise
    https://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/modal-verbs-exerci
    se-four

    https://
    www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?
    id=8616

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