hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy I’ve got another short
little video today that’s going to help
you learn how to ask for a favor in
English so quickly before we get started
these videos will help you learn to
speak more English but if you really
want to practice I highly recommend that
you visit the website I Torquay
you can find lots of professional native
and qualified teachers that will help
you become more fluent in your chosen
language so maybe it’s English or maybe
you’ve got another language that you’re
learning as well I got a present for you
I can give you 100 I talking credits for
free if you click the link in the
description box
sign up and buy your first class so
they’ll be added to your account
automatically so do try that out and let
me know how you find it alright let’s
get on with the class okay so we’ve got
this little word here which is favor so
what does fit me well a favor is a kind
or generous action that someone does for
you okay all you do for someone you can
also be reversed so when you ask someone
for a favor you’re asking them to do
something nice for you that’s going to
benefit you that’s why it’s very
important to understand how to ask for
one in a nice and polite way because
you’re asking them to do something for
you so you don’t want to make them feel
obliged and you don’t want to offend
them or annoy them so there are five
basic ways in which we can ask for a
favor okay so it’s going to be a
question so we need our question mark
okay the first one
can I ask can I ask a favor the next one
could you do me could you do me a favor
the third could you possibly do me could
you possibly do me a favor number four
could I ask you to do me could I ask you
to do me a favor I was wondering if I
could ask you to do me I was wondering
if I could ask you to do me a favor
what okay so we have these five
questions that are all variations of
asking someone to do you a favor now
maybe you want to be a bit more
persuasive so you need to exaggerate the
favor you need to make it seem it really
really important well I’ve got three
options for you in this case so we’re
just going to use could you do me and a
favor and we’re going to add a word in
the middle we’ve got a really big could
you do me a really big favor we’ve also
got the massive could you do me a
massive favour and then finally we’ve
got a huge could you do me a huge favor
so those are three ways of exaggerating
the favor
and making the person more obliged to do
it for you okay so you’ve managed to
persuade your friend to do the favor for
you now what do you do well you have to
thank them so apart for a simple thank
you so much there are other ways in
which you can thank them for doing a
favor my favorite one is ah you’re a
lifesaver
you have saved my life you’re a
lifesaver that’s a really nice
colloquial phrase to use then to show
you even more appreciation you could say
that you owe them a favor now so you
could say I have really only one or I
owe you big-time
or perhaps you could offer them a reward
like I owe you a drink or I’ll buy you a
drink next time we’re out or maybe if
the favour is appropriate then you can
offer to return the favor so you promise
to do the same for them one day in the
future okay well that is the end of my
video about asking for a favor I hope it
helped you and I hope you feel more
comfortable the next time you have to
ask for favors don’t forget to connect
with me on all of my social media social
media is all here Oh
especially my Instagram because I’m very
active on that nowadays and I’ll see you
very soon for another lesson
english with lucy I’ve got another short
little video today that’s going to help
you learn how to ask for a favor in
English so quickly before we get started
these videos will help you learn to
speak more English but if you really
want to practice I highly recommend that
you visit the website I Torquay
you can find lots of professional native
and qualified teachers that will help
you become more fluent in your chosen
language so maybe it’s English or maybe
you’ve got another language that you’re
learning as well I got a present for you
I can give you 100 I talking credits for
free if you click the link in the
description box
sign up and buy your first class so
they’ll be added to your account
automatically so do try that out and let
me know how you find it alright let’s
get on with the class okay so we’ve got
this little word here which is favor so
what does fit me well a favor is a kind
or generous action that someone does for
you okay all you do for someone you can
also be reversed so when you ask someone
for a favor you’re asking them to do
something nice for you that’s going to
benefit you that’s why it’s very
important to understand how to ask for
one in a nice and polite way because
you’re asking them to do something for
you so you don’t want to make them feel
obliged and you don’t want to offend
them or annoy them so there are five
basic ways in which we can ask for a
favor okay so it’s going to be a
question so we need our question mark
okay the first one
can I ask can I ask a favor the next one
could you do me could you do me a favor
the third could you possibly do me could
you possibly do me a favor number four
could I ask you to do me could I ask you
to do me a favor I was wondering if I
could ask you to do me I was wondering
if I could ask you to do me a favor
what okay so we have these five
questions that are all variations of
asking someone to do you a favor now
maybe you want to be a bit more
persuasive so you need to exaggerate the
favor you need to make it seem it really
really important well I’ve got three
options for you in this case so we’re
just going to use could you do me and a
favor and we’re going to add a word in
the middle we’ve got a really big could
you do me a really big favor we’ve also
got the massive could you do me a
massive favour and then finally we’ve
got a huge could you do me a huge favor
so those are three ways of exaggerating
the favor
and making the person more obliged to do
it for you okay so you’ve managed to
persuade your friend to do the favor for
you now what do you do well you have to
thank them so apart for a simple thank
you so much there are other ways in
which you can thank them for doing a
favor my favorite one is ah you’re a
lifesaver
you have saved my life you’re a
lifesaver that’s a really nice
colloquial phrase to use then to show
you even more appreciation you could say
that you owe them a favor now so you
could say I have really only one or I
owe you big-time
or perhaps you could offer them a reward
like I owe you a drink or I’ll buy you a
drink next time we’re out or maybe if
the favour is appropriate then you can
offer to return the favor so you promise
to do the same for them one day in the
future okay well that is the end of my
video about asking for a favor I hope it
helped you and I hope you feel more
comfortable the next time you have to
ask for favors don’t forget to connect
with me on all of my social media social
media is all here Oh
especially my Instagram because I’m very
active on that nowadays and I’ll see you
very soon for another lesson
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