Contoh Soal Polite and Casual Ways to Grant Request
Contoh Soal Polite and Casual Ways to Grant Request - As human beings, we cannot live alone. Sometimes we need help from other people. Therefore, in our everyday life, we will find people request things from us. It is our right to agree or refuse their requests. Study the dialogue below:
- Putri : Can you explain some materials for the English test tomorrow? I don’t quite understand some topics.
- Deris : Sure, why not? How should we do this?
- Putri : I will come to your house this evening to study together. Is it alright with you?
- Deris : OK. It sounds great to me. See you this evening.
In the dialogue above, the underlined sentence is the expression that people can use for granting request. Deris used the expression to tell Putri that he grants Putri`s request (willing to help her to teach English). Granting requests means agreeing to fulfill and willing to perform the request.
The followings are some of the expressions you can use to grant requests. You may choose the best one that suits your needs based (formal or casual). Look at the following groups. The first group of expressions is informal, and the second group is formal. The third group is called neutral, it means you can use it in both informal and formal situations.
Do you understand?
Learn the expression from the following dialogues.
S1
Study the following dialogues
Anton: Please, tell the others that we are going to finish the assignment together this afternoon at my home.
Bernard: Okay, what time?
Anton: 4 p.m. sharp
Bernard: How about at 3 p.m?
Anton: At four, please. Thank you.
The expression for granting requests from the dialogue above is ….
S2
By granting someone's requests, we …
S3
The following sentences are expressions for granting request, except:
S4
The expressions bellow are used to grant our friend's request, except ....
S5
Complete the dialogue.
At school canteen
Putri : May, Can you lend me some money. I didn't`t bring my wallet.
Maya : ....
Maya : ....
The most appropriate expression to complete the dialogue above is ….
S6
Complete the dialogue.
At school canteen
Man : Excuse, me. Could you tell me where the post office is?
Woman : .... It`s next to the library.
Woman : .... It`s next to the library.
The most appropriate expression to complete the dialogue above is ….
S7
An informal expression for granting a request is ….
S8
By all means
The expression above can be used in the following situations, except when ….
S9
You are in a train. A middle aged woman looks having difficulties to put up her luggage. She requests you to help her putting up her luggage. If you want to grant her request, it is better for you to say ....
S10
Your friend was not present yesterday. She does not know how to finish the homework. She requests you to explain her some material. If you are willing to help her, it is appropriate for you to say ....