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Polite request / offer / suggestion Exercises

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In English we use phrases to ask for something we want politely.

I'd like... =  I would like...  / Can I have...? / Could I have...?

Examples sentences : 

  • I'd like a bottle of water, please.
  • Can I have the bill, please?
  • Could I have the chicken salad, please?

We use Would you like...? for offers (when we want to give something or help someone)

Examples sentences :

  • Would you like a drink?
  • Would you like cheese in your burger?
  • Would you like a cup of tea?

Notes for use of polite request / offer / suggestions :

'Would you like' has the same meaning as 'Do you want' but is a more polite way of offering something!

In English we use the question phrase 'Why don't you / we...?' to make a polite suggestion.

  • Why don't you see a doctor?
  • Why don't you go home and go to bed?
  • Why don't you take the day off?
  • Why don't we get a bottle?
Polite request / offer / suggestion example sentences
Alright, shall we book the table for eight thirty, then?حسنًا، هل يمكننا حجز الطاولة للثامنة والنصف، إذًا؟
Before we start, would you like me to play some music?قبل ان نبدأ، هل تودي أن أقوم بتشغيل بعض الموسيقى؟
Would you like me to moonwalk as well?هل تودي أن أقوم برقصة مشية القمر كذلك؟
Shall we move your desk back near the window?هلا قمنا بنقل مكتبك مرة أخرة بالقرب من النافذة؟
Or shall I prepare something for you?او أقوم بتحضير شىء لكِ؟
Why don't you use your own phone?لماذا لا تستخدم هاتفك؟
Shall we get a bottle of chardonnay?هل سنحصل على زجاجة شاردوناى؟
I got one big one, shall we get some tomatoes?لقد حصلت على واحدة كبيرة، هل سنحضر بعض الطماطم؟
Come on dear, what would you like to drink?بربك ياعزيزي، ماذا تود أن تشرب؟
Okay, shall we meet at the station at five?حسناً، هل يمكننا ان نتقابل فى المحطة فى الساعة الخامسة؟
Would you like some pills for your headache?هل تود بعض الحبوب للصداع؟
What are you worried about? Why don't we just do it?ما الذي انت قلق حول؟ لم لا نقوم بذلك؟
Shall we leave, then?هلا نغادر الان؟
Would you like to have anything as a starter?هل تودين تناول أي شيء كمقبلات؟
That's not bad, shall we start checking some houses, then?هذا ليس سيئًا، هل يمكننا البدء في تفقد بعض المنازل، إذاً؟
Would you like a whole chicken, or do you want pieces?هل تفضلين دجاجة كاملة، او تريدين قطع؟
Don't you think a 50% rise is too much!?ألا تعتقد أن زيادة بنسبة 50% كثيرة للغاية؟
Diego, we were just about to order some drinks, would you like something?ديجو, نحن كنا على وشك ان نطلب بعض المشروبات, هل تود ان تشرب شيئاً؟
Would you like to sit by the window?هل تودين الجلوس بجوار النافذة؟
Cate, why don't you go and get Pogo from the garden..كيت، لما لا تذهبى و تحضرى بوجو من الحديقة

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