Asking And Giving Something

Asking :
To ask something, you can say like this :

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• Can you give me ___ ? 
• Take me that __?  
• Could you give me the ___ ? 
• May I borrow your _____? 
• Could you please ___ ? 
• Would you kindly ___ ?

It’s more polite when you say ‘please’ ‘excuse’. Especially to your parents, teacher, or the other people who older then you. For example :

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• Excuse me, may I borrow your book? 
• Excuse me, could you lend me your camera, please? 

Or you can offer something ..

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• Can I offer something to __ ? 
• Would you like a __ ? 
• Can I help you ? 

For example :

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• Excuse me, would you like a cup of milk? 
• Excuse me, can I offer you something to drink ? 

Giving : 

When someone want to borrow or offering something, you can response that whit accepting or refusing.

To accepting, you can say :

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• Here you are 
• Here it is 
• Sure__ 
• Sure, glad to help__ 
• Yes, of course. 
• Of course 
• Certainly__ 

To refusing, you can say :

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• I’m sorry, I’m busy right now 
• No, I’m sorry. I’m using it 
• I’m sorry I don’t have any ___ 
• No, thanks. I’ve ___ 

For example :

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• I’m sorry, I don’t have any pen 
• No, thanks. I’ve drunk a lot water 

Example of a Simple Dialogues for Asking and Giving 


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l>> A : Excuse me, could you lend me your pencil ?

    B : I’m sorry, I’m using it

    A : No problem

>>Mrs. Anwar : Lucky, come here. 

   Lucky : Yes, Mom. What’s the matter ?

   Mrs. Anwar : Lucky, can you get me some chilies from from the  refrigerator? 

   Lucky : Yes, sure Mom. What are you making anyway, Mom ?

   Mrs. Anwar : I will make rendang, Lucky.

   Your father likes it very much.