Making requests

ESL Making requests

Making Requests – This online post provides ideas for ESL conversation materials and lessons focused on how to make request. The post suggests a variety of activities and exercises that teachers can use to help students learn different ways to make requests in English, such as using polite language, making indirect request, and giving reasons for request. The activities include role-plays, games, and discussions that encourage students to practice making requests in different situations, such as at work, in social settings, and in daily life. The post aims to provide teachers with resources to help their students improve their English communication skills when making requests.

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making requests

Expressions – Making requests

Expressions for making a request

Time: 30 minutes

Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate

making request worksheet

Practice- Making request

Practice worksheet for a making request

Time: 30 – 45 minutes

Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate

asking for help

Asking for help – Speaking activity

Speaking practice handout on how to ask for help.

Time: 30 minutes

Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate

making request with could

Could you…? Worksheet

This handout is provided by allthingsgrammar.com.

Grammar worksheet for making requests.

Time: 30-45 minutes

Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate

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