Modal verbs (asking permission, making request, and offer)

Identify the right usage:
"Mom? Can I go to my friend’s party tonight?"

• Permission

• Request

• Offer

Answer explanation

This sentence is a direct question seeking permission from the speaker’s mother to attend a friend’s party.

Fill in the gap:
"It’s getting cold in the room. Would you mind ______________ (turn off) the air conditioner?"

• turn off

• turning off

• turned off

Answer explanation

When we used "would you mind..." it's always followed by a v-ing.

When you want someone to close the door informally, you'd say:

• "Could you close the door?"

• "Would you mind closing the door?"

• "Can you close the door?"

• "Could you possibly close the door?"

Answer explanation

"Can" is used when we want to be informal.

Pick the right usage of the following sentence:
"Could you turn off your music, please? I’m trying to focus."

• Permission

• Request

• Offer

Answer explanation

• This is a polite request asking someone to turn off the music. The reason provided is that the speaker needs quiet to concentrate.

Fill in the gap:

"______________ bring me a cup of tea?" (formal)

• Will I

• Will you

• Could you

• Could I

Answer explanation

We used "could" to make a polite and formal request.

Pick the two correct options:

When you formally want your teacher to repeat what he/she just said, you'd say:

• "Can you repeat the last part?"

• "Could you repeat the last part, please?"

• "Would you mind repeating the last part, please?"

• "Will you repeat the last part?"

Pick the right usage:

"I’ll come pick you up from the airport if you need a ride."

• Permission

• Request

• Offer

Answer explanation

• This sentence is an offer to provide transportation from the airport if the person needs it.

Pick the right usage:

"The weather is too hot! Would you mind turning on the air conditioner?"

• Permission

• Request

• Offer

Answer explanation

• Here, the speaker is making a request for the listener to turn on the air conditioner due to the hot weather, phrased politely as a question.

Pick the right usage:
"I am not allowed to go to the party."

• Permission

• Request

• Offer

Answer explanation

• This statement indicates that the speaker does not have permission to attend the party.

Pick the right usage:

"Let’s eat something before we go, shall we?"

• Permission

• Request

• Offer

Answer explanation

• This is an offer to have a meal together before departing, with a tag question (“shall we?”) inviting agreement or confirmation.