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Q.1
Which is the most usual phrase that someone in a shop, or other 'public-facing role', would use when approaching another person that has newly come in?
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'Can I help you?'
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'Good morning, how may I help you?'
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'Could I help you?'
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'Excuse me, might I help you?'
Q.2
In case the shop assistant (or whoever) has not already come to help you, what might you best say?
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'Excuse me; would you mind awfully coming over here a couple of moments and giving me a bit of help?'
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''I'd be glad if you could help me, please.'
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'Would you be able to help me a moment, please?'
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'Could you please help me a little?'
Q.3
Which of these is the clearest, but firmest, polite request?
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Turn down your music and make less noise.
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Can you turn down your music, please, and make less noise?
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Could you turn down that music and make a bit less noise?
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Why don't you shut up with that radio?
Q.4
Pick the answer which fills the blank/s using the best and clearest accurate English. 'It would help to know whether or not we ... ... take our sixteen-year-old daughter into the pub.'
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... can ...
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... may ..
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... might ...
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... could ...
Q.5
Which is the most subtle ~ yet still clear ~ way of asking : ' ... ... your jacket this evening?'
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May I, please, borrow ...
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Would you mind if I borrowed ...
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Would it be all right with you if I were to borrow ...
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Please can you lend me ...
Q.6
Which of these would be the LEAST subtle way of opening an awkward topic in conversation?
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Would you mind if I ask you a question?
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Can I ask you a question?
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I'm afraid there's something I've been meaning to ask you.
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Excuse me, have you got a moment? I believe we need to talk about X.
Q.7
(...) And which of these would be the MOST gentle and sensitive way to steer the conversation towards your tricky question?
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Would you mind my asking you a question?
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Can I ask you something?
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I'm afraid there's something I've been meaning to ask you.
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Excuse me, have you got a moment? I believe we need to talk about X.
Q.8
Which of these would be the most appropriate way to offer a suggestion to a friend who is 'feeling a bit sorry for himself'?
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Why not find a nice feelgood film to watch on the t.v.?
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How about finding a nice film to watch?
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Hadn't you thought about watching a nice film?
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I wonder if it had occurred to you to have a look at any films, at all?
Q.9
If one person finds it hard to believe, or accept, a piece of behaviour by someone else, the classic question in English is usually:
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How dare you ... ?
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How could you ... ?
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How did you ... ?
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Why have you ... ?
Q.10
Which of these would be 'just about right' in a situation where you are at a table among quite a lot of English friends?
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'Please pass the pepper.'
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'Could you please pass me the pepper?'
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'Would you mind passing me the pepper, please?'
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'I want some pepper.'
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