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Things remember when making a request:

❖ ‘ Would you mind ….’ Is followed by a gerund ( verb + ing )
Examaple :
• Would you mind lending me your book?
• Would you mind helping me with assignment?
❖ The response to the request’ would you mind giving me your book?’ is either:
• ‘ No, I don‟t mind.(„ which is a positive response to the request. It means that I
accept to lend you my book.)
• ‘Yes.’ ( which is a negative response to the request. It means that I don‟t want
to lend you my book.)
❖ „Could „ is more polite than „can‟ as well as „would‟ is more polite than „will‟

Study the following explanation

The use of the simple present future ‘Will’
We use of ‘‘will’ in these situations.
Statements of future facts
e.g.: The job will be finished by the weekend.
Decisions made at the time of speaking
e.g.: I ve left the door open. I ll go and hut it.
To express a prediction
e.g.: I ll probably be late thi evening.
To show willingness
e.g.: I‟ll help you.
Promising to do something
e.g.: Thank you for lending me the money. I ll pay you back on

1. We use ‘Be Going To’

a) Planned future actions or events
e.g.: They are going to open the new office on April 1st.
b) Future events in a neutral way
e.g.: Mr. Jannakais going to be the new director.
c) Future events evident from something in the present
e.g.: I tired of taking the bus to work. I g to buy a car next month.
3. The use of ‘The present continuous tense’
We use ‘the present continuous tense’ to express the actions happens at the
moment of speaking.
e.g.: I‟m teaching English now.

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