‘Please, can I watch some TV?’ ‘Can I please go out to play?’ ‘May I please leave the room?’ ‘Could I please have some icecream?’
Or as a polite way to saying ‘yes’ to an offer
‘Would you like some icecream?’ ‘Oh, yes please!’ ‘Do you want something to eat?’ ‘Yes, I would please!’ ‘Can I offer you a cup of coffee?’ ‘Oh, please, that would be great!’
The word please can be used to show satisfaction and pleasure.
‘I’m pleased with my new house.’ ‘This job pleases me.’ ‘Your music gives me pleasure.’ ‘I’m very pleased to meet you.’
From those few examples you can see that ‘please’ and ‘pleasure’ are closey related in origin but are sometimos used in completely different ways.
If something makes you pleased, you can say that you feel….
Uplifted Perked Chuffed Gladdened Overjoyed Over the moon
SAYING ‘THANK YOU’
The action of saying ‘thank you’ is seen as the most polite way of showing how grateful you are for receiving something or as a way of acknowledging an act of kindness.
We say ‘thank you’ to show our appreciation.
By saying ‘thank you’, you….
Show your gratitude. You express your appreciation. You acknowledge the kindness. You return the generosity verbally. You offer your sincerest thanks. You are grateful.
There are many ways tos ay ‘thank you’….
‘Thank you.’ ‘Thank you very much.’ ‘Thanks a lot’ ‘Thank you so much.’ ‘Thanks a bundle.’ ‘You are too kind.’ ‘Thanks ever such a lot.’ ‘Cheers!’ ‘Ta very much!’
Sometimes we may express surprise and joy, as well as showing our thanks.
‘Wow! How kind… thank you!’ ‘That’s good of you… cheers!’ ‘I don’t know what to say…. thanks a lot!’ ‘I’m overwhelmed…. thank you so much!’ ‘What can I say?’ ‘You are the best!’ ‘Thank you very much!’ ‘This present is so nice!’ ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have!’
And don’t forget….. kindness creates more kindness.
LEARNING ENGLISH WITH MISTERDUNCAN .
ResponderEliminarLESSON THREE: SAYING ‘PLEASE’ AND ‘THANK YOU’
SAYING ‘PLEASE’
We usually say ‘please’ when asking for something
‘Please, can I watch some TV?’
‘Can I please go out to play?’
‘May I please leave the room?’
‘Could I please have some icecream?’
Or as a polite way to saying ‘yes’ to an offer
‘Would you like some icecream?’ ‘Oh, yes please!’
‘Do you want something to eat?’ ‘Yes, I would please!’
‘Can I offer you a cup of coffee?’ ‘Oh, please, that would be great!’
The word please can be used to show satisfaction and pleasure.
‘I’m pleased with my new house.’
‘This job pleases me.’
‘Your music gives me pleasure.’
‘I’m very pleased to meet you.’
From those few examples you can see that ‘please’ and ‘pleasure’ are closey related in origin but are sometimos used in completely different ways.
If something makes you pleased, you can say that you feel….
Uplifted
Perked
Chuffed
Gladdened
Overjoyed
Over the moon
SAYING ‘THANK YOU’
The action of saying ‘thank you’ is seen as the most polite way of showing how grateful you are for receiving something or as a way of acknowledging an act of kindness.
We say ‘thank you’ to show our appreciation.
By saying ‘thank you’, you….
Show your gratitude.
You express your appreciation.
You acknowledge the kindness.
You return the generosity verbally.
You offer your sincerest thanks.
You are grateful.
There are many ways tos ay ‘thank you’….
‘Thank you.’
‘Thank you very much.’
‘Thanks a lot’
‘Thank you so much.’
‘Thanks a bundle.’
‘You are too kind.’
‘Thanks ever such a lot.’
‘Cheers!’
‘Ta very much!’
Sometimes we may express surprise and joy, as well as showing our thanks.
‘Wow! How kind… thank you!’
‘That’s good of you… cheers!’
‘I don’t know what to say…. thanks a lot!’
‘I’m overwhelmed…. thank you so much!’
‘What can I say?’ ‘You are the best!’
‘Thank you very much!’
‘This present is so nice!’ ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have!’
And don’t forget….. kindness creates more kindness.