A2 - requests (can/could)

Match the following

• Can I borrow your headphones?

• asking somebody to do something (a friend)

• Could you help me find the bus station?

• asking for permission (from a friend)

• Can you play this song again?

• possibility

• I could read fast when I was 7.

• polite request

• The shop can be closed now. Let's go there tomorrow.

• ability

___ you give me a pencil?

• can

• do

___ you repeat, please?

• can

• do

• could

request: Can I ___ your tablet?

• improve

• buy

• borrow

• sell

Can I borrow your tablet?

- Yes, ___

• a problem

• borrow

• sure

• I'll do it

___ you open the window, please?

- Can you speak louder, please?

- No, ___, I can't now.

• sure

• of course

• sorry

• a problem

Could you ___ a minute, please?

___ you help me do up my zip?

- Yes, of course.

• Can

• Do

• Did