If students don't want to do something, they decline the request and explain why. 7 Office dialogues: making requests exercise (with answers) This is an office dialogues exercise to help students learn how to make polite requests in English. Students get three chances to guess the request in each picture. When a classmate responds to a request, the student writes down their reply and name on the worksheet. requests containing the word “pencil” or requests inside a taxi. Remember to play the role on both sides of the dialog. A student from one team picks up a card and mimes the request to the two teams, e.g. Here is a making polite requests worksheet activity to help students practice the language for making, accepting and declining polite . After the request has been made, the card is placed face up on the table. Afterwards, there is a class feedback session to review the request for each situation using the phrases from the game board. In the last exercise, students write a polite request for each situation using 'Could you..?' the student might draw a picture of someone carrying many books. Work with a partner and create short dialogs from the table above. After getting a response, they reveal what they had written down, therefore showing their power of prediction and ability to choose a request that gets a particular answer, e.g. Learn how to use the modal verbs CAN, COULD, and WOULD with this short animated video. The students then put words in the correct order to make polite requests. Interactive Version - In this making requests breakout room activity, pairs of students guess missing words in requests. can and will are less polite:. The students are divided into pairs and each pair is given a copy of the worksheet. If students guess correctly the first time, they score three points. When the students have completed their plans, they take it in turns to make requests to each other to organize and complete tasks in preparation for the party, e.g. If someone is given permission to do something, they are allowed to do it; if someone is denied permission to do something, they are not allowed to do it. 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