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Friday, September 7th, 2007Here’s another nice one for Business English classes, study abroad classes and others. You can also turn it into a board game. I could too, of course, but quite frankly I think I’ve done enough for one week…
Politeness competition- Negotiations/ Requests/ Complaints/ Problems
With your partner(s), take turns trying to say the following things as politely as possible. You can repeat what your partner says as long as you add something to make it more polite. You can try as many times as you like. The person with the most polite final version gets 1 point. (Hint: Longer sentences are often politer)
Give me that pen
I want a cup of tea
Sit down
etc…
Full version here:
http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-politeness-competition-game-requests-indirect-language/