ASK FOR AND OFFER HELP

NF-8 SMP

Oleh: Eka Dewi Fajariyanti, S.Psi

What you say to ask for help?

To ask for someone’s help, you could use these expressions:• Can you help me, ...?• Please, help me.• Can you do me a favour,

please?• Could you…?• Would you…?

Offering help in English:

• Let me give you a hand.

• Here, I’ll do it for you.• May I help you with ...,

Sir/Ma’am• …………………

May I help you?

• Use 'May I' or 'Can I' the base form of the verb in a statement.

Are you looking for something?

• Use 'Are you looking for' something OR anything in particular OR specific object

Would you like some help?

• Use 'Would you like' some help OR some advice OR a recommendation

Do you need some help?

• Use 'Do you need' some help OR some advice OR a recommendation

What can I do for you today?

• Use 'What can I do for' you, her, him, etc. today OR this morning, this afternoon, this evening

QUIZ

1. _____ you?• May I to help• May I help• May he helps

2. _____• Can you help I?• Can I help you?• Can he helps you?

3. Are you _____ something?

• looking to• looking after• looking for

4. Would you like _____?

• some help• helping• some helping

5. Do you _____ some help?

• need• desiring• needed

• 6. What _____ for you today?

• can I do• could I do• must I do

7. Would you ______ some help?

• like• to like• liking

8. Could I be _____?• in assistance• of assistance• to assistance

• n-uncount   If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.   (=help, aid)  

• Someone or something that is of assistance to you is helpful or useful to you.  ♦ be of assistance             phrase   V Can I be of any assistance?     

CASE STUDY

What is the difference between words: can you, could you and would you??

• Can you help me with my homework later? (said to a friend or family member) casual

• Could you tell me how to get to the train station from here? (said to a stranger on the street) more polite/ for ability

• Would you lend me your car this weekend? (said to a friend or family member, but in a very polite way because you want something from them) willingness