[Music]
hello I’m Emma from English are you here
for some help with your English
probably well you’re in the right place
you just need to ask and there are so
many different ways to ask for help in
English in this lesson I’m going to
share some common expressions and
collocations to help you confidently ask
for help in English I’ll be talking
about which modal verbs you can use when
asking for help and I’ll also share some
really common expressions with you like
to give or lend someone a hand to help
someone out to do someone a favor or
even miss one I could use some help
all of these expressions will be useful
when asking for help from an native
English speaker speaking of helping
someone out have you heard of the high
native app by using it you can get help
from native English speakers and help
other people out who are learning your
native language it’s an app that works
just like a language exchange between
native speakers of just about any
language you can ask a question and
other native speakers in the community
will help you to answer it so you know
sometimes you come across English
phrases that you just can’t find in a
dictionary some random line from a movie
or some weird song lyrics hi native can
get you the answers when a dictionary
can’t so let’s say you’re Spanish and
you heard some words in an English song
that you just don’t really understand
I’ll be lounging on the couch just
chillin in my Snuggie it’s like having a
native english-speaking friend the
you can ask for help at any time you
type your question and a native English
speaker will write back to you usually
in just a couple of minutes you can even
upload a voice recording to get feedback
on your pronunciation choosing means
relax as Maggie is a brand of super
comfortable clothing a little bit like a
blanket so chillin in my Snuggie means
to relax whilst wearing my Snuggie cool
when other people learning your native
language have questions then you can
help them out too it’s so cool it’s free
to download and it works on any
smartphone getting help from native
English speakers is a piece of cake with
Haier native so when you need help how
can you ask for it well let’s start with
the basics there are a few modal verbs
that are really helpful when asking for
help can can you help me which means are
you able to help could could you help me
which means is it possible for you to
help or would would you help me which
means are you willing to help other
modal verbs are possible too but these
three are the most common ones when
asking for help if you need to be really
polite when asking for help like when
you’re talking to a colleague or your
boss or a customer for example it’s a
good idea to include would you mind
would you mind helping me notice how the
verb form following changes when you’re
using
would you mind the main verb is always
in the ing form so these modal verbs are
often used to request for help but what
about some of the other expressions that
I mentioned at the start of this
to give someone a hand or to lend
someone a hand this is another really
common way to ask for help in English I
use this expression all the time can you
give me a hand for a minute could you
lend me a hand it’s a casual relaxed way
to ask for help
usually it’s used when what you’re
asking doesn’t require a huge amount of
effort from the person that you’re
asking for help here are some more
examples in different contexts with
different tenses can you give me a hand
with these shopping bags they’re really
heavy
my mum really needs someone to give her
a hand in the shop on Thursday thanks so
much for giving us a hand yesterday my
brother gave me a hand moving furniture
into the new apartment it was so hot I
wish you had given me a hand see how the
verb form changes with these expressions
when the tense changes mum needs someone
to give her a hand thanks so much for
giving us a hand my brother gave me a
hand I wish you had given me a hand to
help someone out help me out help you
out help them out help anybody out when
you’re asking someone to do something
for you or to help you solve a problem
you can use this phrasal verb but you
usually need to say who needs the help
so for example I need to translate this
sentence can you help me out I’d really
like to help you out but I’ll be working
on Saturday John always helps his
neighbours out
his parents helped him out when he
bought his first house and in this
context this means that they gave him
money to help out it can be with
assistance or it can be with money now
all those examples were transitive
phrasal verbs I told you who was
receiving the help but how pout can also
be intransitive but that’s when we know
who is being helped by the context so
let me show you with some examples could
you work in the shop next Tuesday I know
that’s usually your day off sure I can
help out it’s clear what I’m going to
help out with I know you’ve got lots on
at the moment would you like the kids to
help out tomorrow now if you want you
can add with to say what help you need
so the structure is to help out with
something or to help somebody out with
something can you help me out with this
question my brothers and I are lucky my
mum and dad usually help us out with
money if we really need it okay here’s
an interesting expression that will
allow you to ask for help I wonder if
you’ve heard of it to do someone a favor
a favor
what’s a favor well it’s something that
you can do for someone to help them and
it’s not specific but you can ask
someone to do you a favor you can ask
them to do something for you that will
help you and the way to do that is to
say could you do me a favor or can I ask
you for a favor now when you’re asking
for
help these are great expressions to use
once you’ve asked someone for a favor
you can also owe someone a favor I owe
you a favor so if you’ve helped me in
the past and I want to help you to show
you how much I appreciate it then I can
use this expression I owe you a favor if
my turn to do something for you in fact
you can say let me return the favor when
you want to do something for the person
who previously helped you the person who
helped you in the past you can say I
want to return the favor when talking
about favors you need to remember that
this is a countable noun so you need to
include are when you’re talking about a
single favor you also need to remember
these collocations these are the words
that you’ll often hear and see used with
favor to do someone a favor to ask
someone a favor – Oh someone a favor and
to return a favor or return the favor
for example he really did me a favor by
introducing me to Terry John keeps
asking me for favors and I’ve had enough
my sister owes you a favor
she returned the favor last week she
took me to a football game you know what
I could use some help this expression is
quite vague it’s not being specific
about what help you need or who you need
the help from and it’s quite useful in a
professional context when you might not
want to ask for help but still you would
like someone to help you out you can
make this request a little
more direct by saying I could use your
help instead of some help in this
expression you must use could as the
modal verb the expression doesn’t sound
right if you say I can use your help I
could use your help moving this
furniture I could use your help with
dinner you can also use I could use a
hand
in the same way I could use a hand these
bags are really heavy Paul looks like he
could use a hand so there you have it
five ways to ask for help in English
naturally now idiomatic expressions and
phrasal verbs like the examples in this
lesson are a little tricky but try to
focus on these ones this week ask for
help
from as many people as you can and offer
your help to others too it will be great
practice as an extra bonus I’ll share an
interesting expression with you about
help have you ever heard anyone say you
scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
it’s used when two people both do
something to help the other so that
they’re both being helped they’re both
benefiting the high native app is a
perfect example of this when you get
help from a native English speaker you
can return the favor by helping them to
understand an expression in your native
language
everybody wins if you enjoyed this
lesson
make sure you subscribe to the English
channel by clicking that red button down
there and check out some of my other
lessons right here thanks for watching
and I will see you next week for another
lesson bye for now
hello I’m Emma from English are you here
for some help with your English
probably well you’re in the right place
you just need to ask and there are so
many different ways to ask for help in
English in this lesson I’m going to
share some common expressions and
collocations to help you confidently ask
for help in English I’ll be talking
about which modal verbs you can use when
asking for help and I’ll also share some
really common expressions with you like
to give or lend someone a hand to help
someone out to do someone a favor or
even miss one I could use some help
all of these expressions will be useful
when asking for help from an native
English speaker speaking of helping
someone out have you heard of the high
native app by using it you can get help
from native English speakers and help
other people out who are learning your
native language it’s an app that works
just like a language exchange between
native speakers of just about any
language you can ask a question and
other native speakers in the community
will help you to answer it so you know
sometimes you come across English
phrases that you just can’t find in a
dictionary some random line from a movie
or some weird song lyrics hi native can
get you the answers when a dictionary
can’t so let’s say you’re Spanish and
you heard some words in an English song
that you just don’t really understand
I’ll be lounging on the couch just
chillin in my Snuggie it’s like having a
native english-speaking friend the
you can ask for help at any time you
type your question and a native English
speaker will write back to you usually
in just a couple of minutes you can even
upload a voice recording to get feedback
on your pronunciation choosing means
relax as Maggie is a brand of super
comfortable clothing a little bit like a
blanket so chillin in my Snuggie means
to relax whilst wearing my Snuggie cool
when other people learning your native
language have questions then you can
help them out too it’s so cool it’s free
to download and it works on any
smartphone getting help from native
English speakers is a piece of cake with
Haier native so when you need help how
can you ask for it well let’s start with
the basics there are a few modal verbs
that are really helpful when asking for
help can can you help me which means are
you able to help could could you help me
which means is it possible for you to
help or would would you help me which
means are you willing to help other
modal verbs are possible too but these
three are the most common ones when
asking for help if you need to be really
polite when asking for help like when
you’re talking to a colleague or your
boss or a customer for example it’s a
good idea to include would you mind
would you mind helping me notice how the
verb form following changes when you’re
using
would you mind the main verb is always
in the ing form so these modal verbs are
often used to request for help but what
about some of the other expressions that
I mentioned at the start of this
to give someone a hand or to lend
someone a hand this is another really
common way to ask for help in English I
use this expression all the time can you
give me a hand for a minute could you
lend me a hand it’s a casual relaxed way
to ask for help
usually it’s used when what you’re
asking doesn’t require a huge amount of
effort from the person that you’re
asking for help here are some more
examples in different contexts with
different tenses can you give me a hand
with these shopping bags they’re really
heavy
my mum really needs someone to give her
a hand in the shop on Thursday thanks so
much for giving us a hand yesterday my
brother gave me a hand moving furniture
into the new apartment it was so hot I
wish you had given me a hand see how the
verb form changes with these expressions
when the tense changes mum needs someone
to give her a hand thanks so much for
giving us a hand my brother gave me a
hand I wish you had given me a hand to
help someone out help me out help you
out help them out help anybody out when
you’re asking someone to do something
for you or to help you solve a problem
you can use this phrasal verb but you
usually need to say who needs the help
so for example I need to translate this
sentence can you help me out I’d really
like to help you out but I’ll be working
on Saturday John always helps his
neighbours out
his parents helped him out when he
bought his first house and in this
context this means that they gave him
money to help out it can be with
assistance or it can be with money now
all those examples were transitive
phrasal verbs I told you who was
receiving the help but how pout can also
be intransitive but that’s when we know
who is being helped by the context so
let me show you with some examples could
you work in the shop next Tuesday I know
that’s usually your day off sure I can
help out it’s clear what I’m going to
help out with I know you’ve got lots on
at the moment would you like the kids to
help out tomorrow now if you want you
can add with to say what help you need
so the structure is to help out with
something or to help somebody out with
something can you help me out with this
question my brothers and I are lucky my
mum and dad usually help us out with
money if we really need it okay here’s
an interesting expression that will
allow you to ask for help I wonder if
you’ve heard of it to do someone a favor
a favor
what’s a favor well it’s something that
you can do for someone to help them and
it’s not specific but you can ask
someone to do you a favor you can ask
them to do something for you that will
help you and the way to do that is to
say could you do me a favor or can I ask
you for a favor now when you’re asking
for
help these are great expressions to use
once you’ve asked someone for a favor
you can also owe someone a favor I owe
you a favor so if you’ve helped me in
the past and I want to help you to show
you how much I appreciate it then I can
use this expression I owe you a favor if
my turn to do something for you in fact
you can say let me return the favor when
you want to do something for the person
who previously helped you the person who
helped you in the past you can say I
want to return the favor when talking
about favors you need to remember that
this is a countable noun so you need to
include are when you’re talking about a
single favor you also need to remember
these collocations these are the words
that you’ll often hear and see used with
favor to do someone a favor to ask
someone a favor – Oh someone a favor and
to return a favor or return the favor
for example he really did me a favor by
introducing me to Terry John keeps
asking me for favors and I’ve had enough
my sister owes you a favor
she returned the favor last week she
took me to a football game you know what
I could use some help this expression is
quite vague it’s not being specific
about what help you need or who you need
the help from and it’s quite useful in a
professional context when you might not
want to ask for help but still you would
like someone to help you out you can
make this request a little
more direct by saying I could use your
help instead of some help in this
expression you must use could as the
modal verb the expression doesn’t sound
right if you say I can use your help I
could use your help moving this
furniture I could use your help with
dinner you can also use I could use a
hand
in the same way I could use a hand these
bags are really heavy Paul looks like he
could use a hand so there you have it
five ways to ask for help in English
naturally now idiomatic expressions and
phrasal verbs like the examples in this
lesson are a little tricky but try to
focus on these ones this week ask for
help
from as many people as you can and offer
your help to others too it will be great
practice as an extra bonus I’ll share an
interesting expression with you about
help have you ever heard anyone say you
scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
it’s used when two people both do
something to help the other so that
they’re both being helped they’re both
benefiting the high native app is a
perfect example of this when you get
help from a native English speaker you
can return the favor by helping them to
understand an expression in your native
language
everybody wins if you enjoyed this
lesson
make sure you subscribe to the English
channel by clicking that red button down
there and check out some of my other
lessons right here thanks for watching
and I will see you next week for another
lesson bye for now
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