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  • hi everybody and welcome back to top words my name is

  • Alisha and today we're going to be talking about 10 ways to ask for help

  • help me help me ask for help let's go can you can you bubble blah so can you

  • give me that pen can you turn off the fan can you give me a sandwich for lunch

  • I forgot mine in this sentence can you send me your email address so very

  • simple requests you can use can't you blah blah blah with them could you give

  • me a hand with the next expression is could you give me a hand with blah blah

  • blah meaning I need you like I need physically I need your hands to help me

  • maybe or I need something I need you to help me with something could you give me

  • a hand with this computer could you give me a hand with this furniture it's you

  • can use it to talk about like moving something heavy or you can also use it

  • for like a task like could you give me a hand with this report I don't know this

  • information so you can use it for your physical tasks or for mental tasks too

  • could you give me a hand with something in this sentence could you give me a

  • hand moving this sofa can you show me how to the next expression is can you

  • show me how to can you show me how to bla bla bla this means please teach me

  • something so can you please show me how to use this computer can you show me how

  • to use this software can you show me how to book a ticket so these are all ways

  • to ask for help with how to do something this is a very useful expression I think

  • can you help me out with the next expression is can you help me out with

  • can you help me out with so before we talked about can you give

  • me a hand with this is very similar can you help me out with some tasks you can

  • use it for physical activities or mental activities here so can you help me out

  • with this project can you help me out with cleaning this house I don't know in

  • this sentence can you help me out with my homework I

  • need help the next expression is I need help

  • blah blah blah so you can use the expression I need help that's fine but

  • if you want to be specific which I recommend I need help bla bla bla I need

  • help with my homework I need help doing the dishes I need help

  • cleaning the yard I need help something something something very clear

  • very direct it's a little bit casual I suppose but yeah you can use this in

  • most situation where you need help this sentence I need help making dinner

  • tonight could you the next expression is could

  • you so the first expression we saw in this lesson was can you you can also use

  • could you Timmy could you sounds a little bit more formal than can you so

  • can you love wha is it's a good kind of neutral everyday way to ask for help

  • could you sounds just a little bit more polite a little bit more formal so could

  • you please send me that file could you please stop smoking here in this

  • expression could you send me the project files will you so the next expression is

  • will you so this is used kind of for light maybe you just thought of

  • something you just thought of something you need help with so it's probably a

  • small task or a small favor that you need so for example will you get some

  • milk at the store on your way home it's like something you just thought of for

  • the future so will you help me with my homework will you give me a moment of

  • your time it's something very small very quick so in this sentence will you let

  • me know when you're free how do I the next

  • expression is how do i how do i this is somewhat similar to the earlier

  • expression we talked about can you show me how to blah blah blah but this one is

  • how do I and how do I get to the beach from here how do I get to the station

  • how do I turn on this computer how do I make new friends how do I study English

  • all of these are ways to ask for help or ask for advice ask for directions

  • this is a very nice and easy to remember way to ask for help how do I something

  • help the next expression is just help so I've here sometimes students say

  • please help me or just help and I want to point out that these expressions are

  • usually used in emergency situations for example there's an accident or there's a

  • dangerous person near you or maybe you're injured or hurt some emergency so

  • please help me alone sounds to a native speaker maybe like a

  • serious situation or an emergency situation help is similar to so of

  • course if you're an emergency situation absolutely you should use the words help

  • and please help me or just help me as well - but be careful because they sound

  • very serious I don't recommend using them for like light casual everyday

  • situations where you need help instead please use one of the other expressions

  • we talked about in this lesson so help is great for emergencies but maybe only

  • for emergencies so yeah in a sentence maybe for example in the kitchen there's

  • that you have a small accident in the kitchen you can shout to your roommate

  • or your family member help me and they'll come running if something to

  • check and see if you're okay I need your help with

  • the next expression is I need your help with blah blah blah the expression I

  • need your help with sounds like you are required for this task I need you maybe

  • you have special knowledge or special experience with this thing or you are

  • better equipped like you can do a better job than I can with this task so I need

  • you for some reason so I need your help preparing this information I need your

  • help reaching that tall glass like that's

  • really what I like I'm short so if I need something up high I might say to a

  • tall person I need your help reaching that glass up there you can use this yes

  • someone is better at doing something than you are you can say I need your

  • help with blah blah blah in this sentence I need your help with

  • this project that's the end so those are ten words and 10 phrases really that you

  • can use to ask for help if you have any other ways you'd like to ask for help or

  • if you have any questions about this video or ways to ask for help please

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  • words and we will see you again soon bye

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