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Q Permission and requests. Make these sentences more polite. (Different answers are possible.)
► Give me some water. Cf* y >t h«ve &ovwt water?.........................................................

1 I want a cup of coffee...............................................................................................................................

2 Can I take a photograph of you? ............................................................................................................
3 Close the door, John.................................................................................................................................
4 I need you to help me...............................................................................................................................
5 Give me that newspaper..........................................................................................................................
6 Will you clean my bicycle, please? .........................................................................................................
7 Can I borrow some money from you? ....................................................................................................

8 Let me use your phone.............................................................................................................................
9 Hold this...................................................................................................................................................
10 Wash all my clothes before tomorrow......................................................................................................

Q GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: eight useful things. Complete the sentences with you can and
expressions from the box. Use a dictionary if necessary.

cook fo o d / keep food cool keep food very cold make copies 1 o
make phone calls take photos wash clothes wash plates, cups etc
a cooker a scanner

► With a cooker
1 With a scanner................................... B
2 With a freezer....................................
3 With a washing machine................... a freezer a washing
machine
4 With a fridge.....................................
5 With a mobile phone.........................
6 With a dishwasher.............................
7 With a camera...................................

a dishwasher a camera
^ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: jobs. Complete the sentences with might be
and words from the box. Use a dictionary if necessary.

a businessman a chef a farm er/ a gardener a lawyer
an opera singer a pilot a politician a v e t/

► Little Henry likes animals. When he grows up ..h ? . )??.P..fPVfWT.QY./?.M?}-.-.

1 Little Angela loves aeroplanes. She m ight.............................................................

2 Little George is interested in money.......................................................................
3 Little Amrita likes singing and she has a very loud voice........................................
4 Little Peter likes talking..........................................................................................
5 Little Alice likes arguing.........................................................................................
6 Little John likes cooking.........................................................................................
7 Little Ruby likes flowers..........................................................................................

Internet exercise. Use a search engine (e.g. Google) to find three short simple sentences with
"w ill be able to" and three with “willhave to".

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