Wh questions/ How to politely ask questions
āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻĻৈāύāύ্āĻĻিāύ āĻীāĻŦāύে āĻংāϰেāĻিāϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻিāĻু modal auxiliary ( can, could, shall, should, would, may, might) āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āĻāϰি āĻ āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻাāύাāϰ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϰি।
āϝা āĻļিāĻāϞে āύিāĻেāĻে āĻ āύেāĻāĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϝ়ে āϰাāĻা āϏāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦ
1. Would you mind having a cup of coffee? ( More formal). āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻāĻ āĻাāĻĒ āĻāĻĢি āĻাāĻŦেāύ āĻি?
2. Could you bring the glass? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻ্āϞাāϏāĻি āĻāύāĻŦে?
3. May I come in, Sir? āϏ্āϝাāϰ, āĻিāϤāϰে āĻāϏāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
4. Would you come here? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻাāύে āĻāϏāĻŦে?
5. Would you please do the work? ( More formal) āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻাāĻāĻি āĻāϰāĻŦে?
6. Would you please go with me? ( More formal) āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝাāĻŦে?
7. Shall you shut the door? āĻĻāϰāĻাāĻি āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻāϰāĻŦে?
8. Should you pass the salt? āϞāĻŦāύāĻা āĻāĻĻিāĻে āĻĻিāĻŦে?
9. Can you open the door? āĻĻāϰāĻাāĻি āĻুāϞāĻŦে?
10. Could you tell me how to get to the post office? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ āĻী āĻিāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻŽি āĻĄাāĻāĻāϰে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
11. Could you tell me the way to the the post office? āĻĒোāϏ্āĻ āĻ āĻĢিāϏে āϝাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āϰাāϏ্āϤা āĻোāύ āĻĻিāĻে?
12. Do you know where he lives in? āϤুāĻŽি āĻী āĻাāύ āϏে āĻোāĻĨাāϝ় āĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰে?
13. Do you know what his name is? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻাāύো āϤাāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻী?
14. Would you mind if I sit here? āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻাāύে āĻŦāϏāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
15. Can you bring the book? āĻŦāĻāĻি āĻāύāϤে āĻĒাāϰো?
16. Can you tell me how to get to the post office? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ āĻী āĻিāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻŽি āĻĄাāĻāĻāϰে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
17. Could you tell me where the mosque is? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ āĻŽāϏāĻিāĻĻāĻি āĻোāĻĨাāϝ়?
18. Would you go? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āϝাāĻŦে?
19. Would you take it? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻা āύিāĻŦে?
20. Excuse me, where is the nearest bus stop? āĻāĻ āϝে āĻļুāύুāύ, āĻাāĻাāĻাāĻি āĻোāύ āĻŦাāϏāϏ্āĻেāĻļāύ āĻāĻে?
21. Excuse me what time is it? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻāϝ়āĻা āĻŦাāĻে?
22. Pardon me, is there a bathroom over here? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ āĻāĻাāύে āĻোāύ āĻāϝ়āϞেāĻ āĻāĻে āĻি-āύা?
23. Sorry to bother you, but have you seen Jahid at all?" āĻāĻĒāύাāĻে āĻŦিāϰāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻুঃāĻিāϤ, āĻāĻĒāύি āĻী āĻাāĻšিāĻĻāĻে āĻĻেāĻেāĻেāύ?
24. Can you please explain that to me again? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦুāĻিāϝ়ে āĻĻিāĻŦেāύ?
25. May I have another cookie, please? āĻāĻŽি āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻা āĻুāĻি āĻĒেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
26. Can I have your mobile?- āĻāĻŽি āĻি āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽোāĻŦাāĻāϞ āĻĒেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
27. Can I have your address? - āĻāĻŽি āĻি āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻ িāĻাāύা āĻĒেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
29. Can I have your name? - āĻāĻŽি āĻি āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻাāύāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
30. Can I have your number? - āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āύাāĻŽ্āĻŦাāϰ āĻĒেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
31. Can I have a cup of tea? – āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻ āĻাāĻĒ āĻা āĻĒেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
32. Would you mind telling me where the bathroom is?" ( More formal) āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ āĻি āĻāϝ়āϞেāĻāĻি āĻোāĻĨাāϝ়?
37. Could you please sit aside? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻāĻĒāύি āϏāϰে āĻŦāϏāĻŦেāύ?
38. Would you mind helping me with my homework? āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϰ āĻাāĻে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ?
39. Can I borrow your pen? āĻāĻŽি āĻি āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻা āϧাāϰ āύিāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
40. Can you lend me your English book for a day? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻāĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻংāϰেāĻি āĻŦāĻāĻা āϧাāϰ āĻĻিāĻŦে?
41. Can you give me change for a five hundred taka note? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি ā§Ģā§Ļā§Ļ āĻাāĻা āĻাংāϤি āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰো?
42. Could I have another piece of cake? āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āĻুāĻāϰো āĻেāĻ āύিāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
43. Do you mind if I open the window? āĻাāύাāϞা āĻুāϞāϞে āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻিāĻু āĻŽāύে āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ?
44. Would you mind if I stay for the night? āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āϰাāϤāĻা āĻĨাāĻি āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻিāĻু āĻŽāύে āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ?
45. Can you give a hand carrying my bag? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻŦ্āϝাāĻāĻা āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāĻŦে?
46. Can you keep an eye to my younger son? āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻোāĻ āĻেāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻেāϝ়াāϞ āϰাāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦেāύ?
47. Can you please turn the TV off? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻিāĻিāĻা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻāϰāĻŦে?
48. Can you turn the TV on? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻিāĻিāĻা āĻাāϞু āĻāϰāĻŦে?
49. Could you turn the fan up? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻĢ্āϝাāύāĻাāϰ āĻāϤি āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻĻিāĻŦে?
50. Can you turn the fan down?āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻĢ্āϝাāύāĻাāϰ āĻāϤি āĻāĻŽিāϝ়ে āĻĻিāĻŦে?
51. Can I go out, please? āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻŦাāĻāϰে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
52. Would you mind if I leave now? āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻāύ āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰি?
53. Would you like some tea? āĻা āĻাāĻŦেāύ āĻি?
54. Will you switch on the TV, please? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻিāĻিāĻা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻāϰুāύ।
55. Could you tell me the way to the railway station, please? āϰেāϞāϏ্āĻেāĻļāύ āĻোāύ āĻĻিāĻে āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāĻŦেāύ āĻি?
56. Could you please help me with my maths? āĻĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻ ংāĻāĻাāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāĻŦে?
Giving permission:
1. Yes, of course.
2. Sure.
3. Certainly
4. Yes,sure.
5. Sure, go ahead.
6. No problem
7. Please feel free
8. Yes, I'd love to
9. I'd like to
10. Yes, why not
11. Yea, sure
12. Sure, it's alright
13. Sure, I don't mind
Refusing permission: ( in case of refusal, it is better to say the reasonsl)
1. Sorry
2. I'm sorry
3. I'm afraid
4. No way
5. No chance ( informal)
6. Nope
7. No problem
8. Sorry, u can't
9. Sorry, I need to say no
10. Sorry, that's not possible
Hopeland
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Noor E Alam
University of Dhaka
Spoken English | IELTS | Writing & Vocabulary | Grammar | Job English | Academic English
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