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REFERENCE
  • We use Can / Could you + base form when we ask somebody to do something for us:
    Can you help me ?
    Could you speak more slowly, please?
  • Could you ...? is more formal and polite than Can you...?
 
 
62A Re-write the sentences. Use Could you...
 
 

 0. 
Put this in the bin.
 ?
 

 1. 
Sign this card.
?
 

 2. 
Move your chair.
 

 3. 
Meet me at the station.
 

 4. 
Turn off the TV.
 

 5. 
Wait for me.
 

 6. 
Hold this for a minute.
 

 7. 
Give him my message.
 

 8. 
Open the door.
 
 
 
62B Complete the sentences. Use Could you ... and the following verbs.
askclosedrivegetgivelendsay
 

 0. 
You don't have enough money for a sandwich.
You ask Tom,  for a sandwich, please?
 

 9. 
You're cold and Tom's sitting by the window.
You ask him, the window, please?
 

 10. 
Tom's going to buy some tickets for a concert.
You ask him, a ticket for me, too, please?
 

 11. 
You've got a book for Mark.
You ask Tom, this to Mark, please?
 

 12. 
Tom says something but you don't understand it.
You ask him, that again, please?
 

 13. 
You have to be at the airport in half an hour. Tom has a car.
You ask him, me to the airport, please?
 

 14. 
You're interested in working in a bank. Tom's father works in a bank.
You ask him, your dad about that job in his bank, please?
 



 
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