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Hi, everybody.

My name is Alicia.

In this lesson, I'm going to talk about formal request patterns.

These air a few different patterns that you can use when you're making a formal request.

So these air great for business emails and other situations where you need to politely ask for something.

I'm going to introduce the patterns, and then I'm going to share a couple of examples as well.

These are not the Onley patterns you can use there just a few ideas to help you get started.

So let's take a look.

Okay, 1st 1 let's begin with the 1st 1 You'll see some of these patterns today will use the word would at the beginning.

Remember, we can use wood as a common word to begin a request.

So the first example includes this.

Would you be so kind as to something?

Another thing you'll see in many of these examples is the word two before kind of the extra information portion.

This is a great hint that we should follow this part with some kind of verb.

So two plus the infinitive form of overt.

We'll see a lot of examples of this.

So the 1st 1 I've included be so kind as to do something.

So this is making a request and this part be so kind as to shows us that thes speaker is asking for the kindness of the listener or the reader in doing this action, which we're about to describe.

So let's look at an example of this.

Would you be so kind as to send me the files?

So here the verb were using its send.

As I said, we need to follow this, too, with the infinitive form of the verb Send and send me the files, finishes the phrase.

So would you be so kind as to send me the files means please send me the files, but it's a more formal sounding request.

You're saying it would be really nice of you if you would send me the files.

It just means Please send me the files, but it sounds more polite.

Okay, let's look at another one similar again.

This one begins with wood and ends with two in the introductory part of this pattern.

However, here we have a possible would it be possible to this sentence or this pattern.

Rather, this is another way of thing.

Can you?

Can you?

But would it be possible to sounds much more formal than can you or in some cases, can I?

So let's look at an example of this one.

Would it be possible to discuss this later?

Would it be possible to discuss this later?

Again?

We have this to here, which shows us we should use the infinitive form of the for the regular form of liver to discuss this later.

This part would it be possible to means can.

So, in other words, can we discuss this later?

That's what this request is, but it sounds more formal.

Would it be possible to discuss this later?

We're connecting.

If you're using this in speech, we're connecting these sounds.

Would it be becomes would it be?

Would it be possible?

Would be possible to discuss this later?

Okay, so this is a good one to use for can situations?

If you would use can in a regular request, you could try it.

Would it be possible to in a formal request.

Okay, let's go along to the next 1 May we ask you to May we ask you to?

This is a formal way of saying Please, please, please do this thing.

So again, we're ending the pattern with two.

Here we have this kind of confusing.

Maybe.

May we ask you so you know that we use May to ask for permission to do something, but we're also using Ask So really, this combination make a very soft request here.

I'm using we this we could mean your group or your company or your department.

Perhaps so may we ask you to Is kind of making yourself sound quite humble, So you're kind of lowering yourself and making a request from the other person.

But again, this just means Please, please.

We're just using a more formal expression again.

We're going to need to use the infinitive form here because we see two at the end of this introductory section.

So let's look at an example.

All right.

May we ask you to submit the application by tomorrow?

So again to our infinitive form And here.

May we ask you to submit the application by tomorrow?

I phrase this as a question.

Really?

If you're using, please, you could just say please submit the application by tomorrow period.

Not a question mark here because we're being formal and polite.

We say, may we ask you to submit the application by tomorrow?

So may we ask you?

It's like you're asking permission to ask for something from someone if that makes it so.

It's kind of a very soft expression, but, um, we're phrasing this as a question here again, This just means please submit the application by tomorrow, Okay, on to the next one.

The next one is also a possibility.

Expression.

Do you think you would be able to?

So here we see, would do you think you would be able to This means that in the future you're asking about someone's future ability, something that someone could do or would be able to do in the future.

So do you think you would be able to verb phrase here?

We should follow this with verb again.

This part do you think you would?

This is maybe kind of softening it instead of would you be able to its Do you think you would be able to here as well A pronunciation point.

This you would we reduce this to you'd?

Do you think you'd be able to Do you think you'd be able to in speech in writing we can use the regular form the non reduced, the non contracted for Let's look at an example of how to use this.

Do you think you would be ableto have it ready by tomorrow?

So this could be a document.

For example.

Do you think you would be ableto have it ready by tomorrow?

If we want to make this really, really simple?

Do you think you would be able to have it ready by tomorrow?

Is can you have it ready by tomorrow?

That's really what this means.

It's just a very formal way of saying that.

Do you think he would be able to have it ready by tomorrow?

So it's quite soft.

It's like giving the other person a chance to say no.

I'm really busy.

But it means can you can you have it ready by tomorrow?

Do you think you would be able to have it ready by tomorrow?

Quite nice.

Okay, let's move along to the next one again.

We're starting this with wood, So another soft request pattern would you have some time available to?

So this is asking about someone's schedule.

Would you have some time available to verb?

We need to follow this with the first.

So let's look at the example.

Would you have some time available to chat about this?

So again, here's our two.

Our verb to chat about this.

Another case.

This just means Do you have time to chat about this?

But this?

Would you have some time available in the future?

In other words, or do you think that it would be possible to chat about?

This is another way to say that.

So just a quite formal expression again.

Do you have time to chat?

In other words, Okay, let's move along to the next one.

Ah, for very kind of direct requests, but that are also formal.

We can use a pattern like this I would like to request.

I would like to request here you noticed there's no two at the end of this, so we should probably use a noun phrase here.

There's something that you want to receive, So I would like to request something example I would like to request your attendance at the meeting.

I would like to request your attendance at the meeting.

This is a formal sentence.

Which means, please come to the meeting.

Please come to the meeting.

So I would like to request.

You can imagine this as meaning I want or need.

Or please do this.

I would like to request something.

I would like to request a ah letter.

I would like to request an application form.

Please.

I would like to request your attendance at the meeting as well.

So these mean I want something, but as I've got over here, tried to avoid using some of these expressions.

Informal requests I want and I need can sound very casual and to direct, especially in business situations.

When you're making a request, I tend to avoid using these.

If you're trying to give some supporting information for your request, maybe that's okay.

So, for example, I would like to request your attendance at the meeting because I need your approval for my project.

For example, In that case, using I need could be okay, but if you make your request your first kind of introduction to your request using I want or need.

In some cases, it might sound a little too direct.

So please kind of be cautious.

I tend to avoid the same thing with can I can I can sound a little bit, um, casual sometimes.

So you can kind of feel the situation and how close you are to the person you're speaking to or writing.

Okay, let's move along to the next one.

The next one is great in e mails and written correspondence.

So this is when you are maybe introducing yourself in an email or you're introducing a request in an email I am writing to request.

This is very clear.

I like to use this when I'm writing to someone that I don't know.

I use this after I introduced myself.

Hi, my name is Alicia.

I'm from ABC Company and I am writing to request.

So this is, in other words, why am I writing to this person?

So I'm writing to request a meeting I'm writing to request to request this document.

For example, I'm writing to request known Freeze.

Here.

I am writing to request a letter of recommendation.

So, um, in other words, this is the thing I want I'm writing to request this thing.

This is great to use in e mails when there's some specific thing that you want and you want to describe it quickly and clearly.

That's quite nice.

All right, let's move along to the next one.

Ah, when you need to ask permission to do something.

So here.

You'll see we go back to this to at the end of the pattern.

Meaning we should use a verb here.

May I?

Or may we have permission to.

In other words, is it okay to?

But this is a formal way to ask permission.

Example.

Sentence example Sentence.

May I have permission to use your video in an article?

So this is actually think this is a similar similar to a comment we received on the channel.

May I have your permission to use your video in an article in this case?

So, in other words, is it okay if I use your video in an article?

This is a much more formal.

A much nicer way to ask if something is okay to do or not.

Let's move on to the last pattern for today.

Could you please Could you please here.

You'll notice I've used you.

You can change this if you change this to like, could I please?

It means you want something.

Like you want to receive something here.

You're asking for someone else to do something for you.

Could you please do something?

Example?

Could you please let me know if this is acceptable?

So this part, let me know if this is acceptable means please let me know if this is okay.

Acceptable means okay, really, But more formal.

So could you please let me know if this is okay?

That's what this means.

Um, but you can change this issue to whoever.

Like, could he please give me the information, or could I please meet with you later?

For example, You can change this.

Could this could you, Um, depending on the situation, depending on who is giving and who was receiving information or a favor or so on.

So this one, there's quite a lot of flexibility with this, so keep that in mind.

Okay?

So those are a few different patterns that you can use when you're making formal requests.

So, as I said, this is really good for business emails and formal situation.

So I hope that you got some new ideas.

Of course, if there's something else that you like to use in your formal requests, please let us know in the comments.