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When you ask for permission to use something that belongs to someone else you have to do your best to be polite. It is desirable to use the word " please ." Asking for Permission: Can  I go out, please? May  I open the window, please? Please,  can  I have a look at your photo album? Please,  may  I taste that hot spicy couscous dish? Do you mind if  I smoke? Would you mind if  I asked you something? Is it okay if  I sit here? Would it be all right if  I borrowed your mobile Phone? Giving Permission: Yes, please do. Sure, go ahead. Sure. No problem. Please feel free. Refusing to give permission: No, please don’t. I’m sorry, but that’s not possible. I'm afraid, but you can't. Dialogue: Liza, eight years old, is asking her mother for permission to use the computer... Liza: Please mum, can I use the computer? Her mother: No, dear you can't. It's time to go to bed. Liza: May I read a story before I sleep? Her mother: Sure! But try to sleep early. Liza: Thanks a lot

How to express ability To express that someone has the power or skill to do something,  can  and  be able  are used. Examples : I can't help you.I am busy. I'm unable to help you. When I was young I was able to earn my living pretty well; I could work hard. Now I can't. I'm too old. I can stand on my head for five minutes. Can you speak Arabic? Yes, I can. Expressing ability In the present: Express ability in the present as follows: I can speak good English. I can't stand on my head. In the past Express ability in the past as follows I was unable to visit him. I couldn't eat at all when I was ill. In the future Express ability in the future as follows I will be able to buy a house when I get a good job. The teacher can assist you after class if you have any questions. Things to remember: Can   is always followed by an infinitive without "to." Examples:  I can ride my bike and I can drive a car, but I can't drive a lorry.  Can   in the past is   was

There is a range of ways to introduce yourself and people. Introducing yourself: Here are expressions to introduce yourself: My name is ... I'm .... Nice to meet you; I'm ... Pleased to meet you; I'm ... Let me introduce myself; I'm ... I'd like to introduce myself; I'm ... Introducing others: Here are expressions to introduce others: Jack, please meet Nicolas. Jack, have you met Nicolas? I'd like you to meet Liza. I'd like to introduce you to Betty. Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila. Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people: Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. Happy to meet you. How do you do? Dialogue: Alex is talking to the new manager and his assistant. Notice how they introduce themselves: Alex : Hi! My name is Alex Litterman, the new manager. William : Hi! I'm William O'Brian. Nice to meet you, Mr Alex Litterman. John : William, please meet Mr Steve Lynch, my assistant Jack : How do you do? Nicolas : How do

There are different ways to greet people: Greeting means welcoming someone with particular words or a particular action. When meeting people formally for the first time, we greet by shaking hands and saying "How do you do?" or "Pleased to meet you." "How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello". When young people meet informally they sometimes greet and say "Give me five!" and slap their hands together (high five). Generally we do not greet by shaking hands with people we know well. We greet by just saying 'hi' or 'hello' Here are some expressions you can use to greet people. Greeting Hi, hello. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. How are you? How are you doing? How do you do? Responding to greeting Hi, hello. Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening. I'm fine thank you (thanks)/Okey! Thank you (thanks)/Can't complain/Not bad. How about you?/And you? How do you do? Things to remember

Explanations Present Simple Action that is repeated every Friday. Habitual action. I visit my uncle  every Friday Facts that are believed to be true. Generalizations Cats hate mice. The sun rises in the morning. Scheduled events in the near future The plane takes off at 10 o'clock tonight Explanations Present Progressive Action that takes place now / at the moment I am working on my computer Near future I am leaving tomorrow Explanations Present Perfect To talk about experiences I have been to Italy. Past action that has the result in the present. She has read that book. Action which started in the past and continued up to now. I have lived in this town for 12 years. Explanations Present Perfect Progressive To show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. He has been sleeping for the last 3 hours To talk about an  action  that started in the past and stopped recently. The grass is wet because it has been raining all day long. To talk about an  action  that

Conditional Simple Affirmative We would relax. Negative We would not relax. Interrogative Would we relax ? Form would + verb Uses action that might take place Conditional Progressive Affirmative He would be writing. Negative He would not be writing. Interrogative Would he be writing? Form would + be + verb + ing Uses action that might take place putting emphasis on the course / duration of the action Conditional Perfect Affirmative He would have written. Negative He would not have written. Interrogative Would he have written? Form would + have + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart This is a list of  irregular verbs) Uses action that might have taken place in the past Conditional Perfect Progressive Affirmative She would have been sleeping. Negative She would not have sleeping speaking. Interrogative Would she have been sleeping? Form would + have + been + verb + ing Uses action th

Past Perfect Simple Affirmative She had won. Negative She had not won. Interrogative Had she won? Form had + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of  irregular verbs) Uses action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive putting emphasis only on the fact (not the duration) Past Perfect Progressive Affirmative He had been waiting. Negative He had not been waiting. Interrogative Had he been waiting? Form had + been + verb + ing Uses action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action Future Simple Affirmative I will open the door. Negative I will not open the door. Interrogative Will you open the door? Form will + verb Uses We use the simple future for instant decisions. We use the simple future when

Simple Present Affirmative She drinks. Negative She does not drink. Interrogative Does she drink? Form I, you we they play | he, she, it play s Uses action in the present taking place once, never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule Present Progressive Affirmative He is reading. Negative He is not reading. Interrogative Is he reading? Form To be (in the simple present) + verb + ing Uses action taking place at the moment of speaking action arranged for the future Simple Past Affirmative I cried. Negative I did not cry Interrogative Did I cry? Form Regular verbs: Verb + ed | Irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of  irregular verbs Uses action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions taking place one after another Past Progressive Affirmative He was driving. Negative He was not driving. Interrogative Was he driving? Form to be (in the simple past) + verb + ing Uses a

All modifiers should connect clearly and immediately with the words you want them to modify. The reader shouldn't have to guess what you're trying to say. Change: Louisa saw some strange mushrooms playing in the park. to: While playing in the park, Louisa saw some strange mushrooms. Probably it wasn't the mushrooms but Louisa playing in the park. By placing the modifying phrase right next to the word it modifies, we eliminate the confusion. Sometimes careless modifier placement can create several possible meanings. Change: All afternoon I reminisced about friends I had known with my sister. to: All afternoon I reminisced with my sister about friends I had known. or: All afternoon I reminisced about friends my sister and I had known. or: All afternoon my sister and I reminisced about friends we had known. In the first example "with my sister" is confusing because it could modify either "reminisced" or "had known" or both. The writer has a respon