5 Ways To Ask for Help in English | Common Expressions

There are a few modal verbs that are really helpful when asking for help. Can – “can you help me?” which means are you able to help? Could – “ ... 5WaysToAskforHelpinEnglish|CommonExpressions&Vocabulary#sponbyEmma|Dec26,2017|VocabularyBuilder|21commentsLessonSummary GethelpfromnativeEnglishspeakersbydownloadingtheHiNativeappANDhelpotherpeoplewhoarelearningyournativelanguage!DownloadtheHiNativeapphere:iOS:https://goo.gl/RKe5dGAndroid:https://goo.gl/MzynE5ThislessonisfullofEnglishexpressionsusedwhenaskingforhelpinEnglish!Including:–Modalverbsusedwhenaskingforhelp–(to)give/lend(someone)ahand–(to)help(someone)out–(to)do(someone)afavour–IcouldusesomehelpCLICKHEREtoreadthefulllessontranscript.MoreEnglishlessonsrecommendedforyou: VideoTranscriptSection1HelloI'mEmmafrommmmEnglish! AreyouhereforsomehelpwithyourEnglish? Probably. Well,you'reintherightplace! Youjustneedtoask andthereareso manydifferentwaystoaskforhelpinEnglish.Inthislesson, I'mgoingtosharesomecommonexpressions andcollocationstohelpyou confidentlyaskforhelpinEnglish. I'llbetalkingaboutwhich modalverbsyoucanusewhenaskingforhelp andI'llalsoshare somereallycommonexpressionswithyou. Like:Togive/lendsomeoneahandTohelpsomeoneoutTodosomeoneafavourIcouldusesomehelp.Alloftheseexpressionswillbeuseful whenaskingforhelpfromannativeEnglishspeaker. Speakingofhelpingsomeoneout, haveyouheardoftheHiNativeapp? Byusingityoucangethelp fromnativeEnglishspeakersand helpotherpeopleoutwhoarelearningyournativelanguage.It'sanappthatworksjustlikealanguageexchange betweennativespeakersofjustaboutanylanguage. Youcanaska questionandothernativespeakers inthecommunitywillhelpyoutoanswerit.Soyouknowsometimesyoucomeacross Englishphrasesthatyoujustcan'tfindinadictionary. Somerandomlinefromamovieor someweirdsonglyrics. HiNativecangetyoutheanswers HiNativecangetyoutheanswers whenadictionarycan't. Solet'ssayyou'reSpanishand Solet'ssayyou'reSpanishand youheardsomewordsinanEnglishsongthatyoujust don'treallyunderstand.I'llbeloungin'onthecouchjustchillin'inmySnuggie.It'slikehavinganativeEnglish-speakingfriend thatyoucanaskforhelpatanytime! YoutypeyourquestionandanativeEnglishspeaker willwritebacktoyou, usuallyinjustacoupleofminutes. Youcanevenuploadavoicerecordingtogetfeedback onyourpronunciation.Chillingmeansrelax. ASnuggieisabrandofsupercomfortableclothing, alittlebitlikeablanket. So“chillin'inmySnuggie” means torelaxwhilstwearingmySnuggie.Cool!Whenotherpeoplelearningyournativelanguage havequestions,thenyoucanhelpthemouttoo! It'ssocool!It'sfreetodownload anditworksonanysmartphone! GettinghelpfromnativeEnglishspeakersisa pieceofcakewithHiNative!Sowhenyouneedhelp,howcanyouaskforit? Welllet'sstartwiththebasics. Thereareafewmodalverbsthatarereallyhelpful whenaskingforhelp.Can– “canyouhelpme?” whichmeansareyouabletohelp?Could– “couldyouhelpme?” whichmeansisitpossibleforyoutohelp?Would– “wouldyouhelpme?” whichmeansareyouwillingtohelp?Othermodalverbsarepossibletoobutthesethree arethemostcommononeswhenaskingforhelp. Ifyouneedtobereallypolitewhenaskingforhelp likewhenyou'retalkingtoacolleague oryourbossoracustomerforexample, it'sagoodideatoinclude“wouldyoumind”.Wouldyoumindhelpingme?Noticehowtheverbformfollowing changeswhenyou'reusing“wouldyoumind”. Themainverbisalwaysinthe-ingform. Sothesemodalverbsareoftenusedtorequestforhelp. Butwhataboutsomeoftheotherexpressionsthat Imentionedatthestartofthisvideo?(To)give(someone)ahand/(To)lend(someone)ahandThisisanotherreallycommonway toaskforhelpinEnglish. Iusethisexpressionallthetime.Canyougivemeahandforaminute?Couldyoulendmeahand?It'sacasual,relaxedwaytoaskforhelp. Usuallyit'susedwhenwhatyou'reasking doesn'trequireahugeamountofeffort fromthepersonthatyou'reaskingforhelp. Herearesomemoreexamplesindifferentcontexts withdifferenttenses.Canyougivemeahandwiththeseshoppingbags? They'rereallyheavy!Mymumreallyneedssomeone togiveherahandintheshoponThursday.Thankssomuchforgivingusahandyesterday! Mybrothergavemeahandmovingfurniture intothenewapartment.Itwassohot!Iwishyouhadgivenmeahand.Seehowtheverbformchangeswiththeseexpressions whenthetensechanges.Mumneedssomeonetogiveherahand. Thankssomuchforgivingusahand.Mybrothergavemeahand.Iwishyouhadgivenmeahand.TohelpsomeoneoutHelpmeout,helpyouout,helpthemout. Helpanybodyout!Whenyou'reaskingsomeonetodosomethingforyou ortohelpyousolveaproblem, youcanusethisphrasalverb. Butyouusuallyneedtosaywhoneedsthehelp. Soforexample,Ineedtotranslatethissentence.Canyouhelpmeout?I'dreallyliketohelpyouout, butI'llbeworkingonSaturday.Johnalwayshelpshisneighboursout.Hisparentshelpedhimout whenheboughthisfirsthouse.Andinthiscontext,thismeans thattheygavehimmoney.(To)helpoutItcanbewithassistance oritcanbewithmoney.Now,allthoseexamplesweretransitivephrasalverbs. Itoldyouwhowasreceivingthehelp. But“helpout”canalsobeintransitive butthat'swhenweknowwhoisbeinghelped bythecontext. Soletmeshowyouwithsomeexamples.CouldyouworkintheshopnextTuesday? Iknowthat'susuallyyourdayoff… Sure,Icanhelpout!It'sclearwhatI'mgoingtohelpoutwith.Iknowyou'vegotlotsonatthemoment. Wouldyoulikethekidstohelpouttomorrow?Nowifyouwant,youcanadd‘with' tosaywhathelpyouneed. Sothestructureistohelpoutwithsomething ortohelpsomebodyoutwithsomething.Canyouhelpmeoutwiththisquestion?MybrothersandIareluckymymumanddad usuallyhelpusoutwithmoneyifwereallyneedit.Okayhere'saninterestingexpressionthatwill allowyoutoaskforhelp. Iwonderifyou'veheardofit.(To)do(someone)afavourAfavour. What'safavour? Wellit'ssomethingthatyoucandoforsomeone tohelpthem. Andit'snotspecificbutyoucanasksomeonetodo youafavourthatwillhelpyou andthewaytodothatistosay, “Couldyoudomeafavour?” or“CanIaskyouforafavour?”Nowwhenyou'reaskingforhelp, thesearegreatexpressionstouse. Onceyou'veaskedsomeoneforafavour,youcanalsoowesomeoneafavour.Ioweyouafavour.Soifyou'vehelpedmeinthepast andIwanttohelpyou, toshowyouhowmuchIappreciateit, thenIcanusethisexpression“Ioweyouafavour” It'smyturntodosomethingforyou.Infact,youcansay“letmereturnthefavour” whenyouwanttodosomething forthepersonwhopreviouslyhelpedyou. Thepersonwhohelpedyouinthepast. Youcansay“Iwanttoreturnthefavour” Whentalkingaboutfavours, youneedtorememberthatthisisacountablenoun. Soyouneedtoinclude‘a'whenyou're talkingaboutasinglefavour. Youalsoneedtorememberthesecollocations. Thesearethewordsthatyou'lloftenhearandsee usedwithfavour.Todosomeoneafavour.Toasksomeoneafavour.Toowesomeoneafavour.Andtoreturnafavourorreturnthefavour.Forexample:Hereallydidmeafavour byintroducingmetoTerry.Johnkeepsaskingmeforfavours,andI'vehadenough!Mysisterowesyouafavour!Shereturnedthefavourlastweek, shetookmetoafootballgame!Youknowwhat?IcouldusesomehelpThisexpressionisquitevague, it'snotbeingspecificaboutwhathelpyouneed orwhoyouneedthehelpfrom. Andit'squiteusefulinaprofessionalcontext whenyoumightnotwanttoaskforhelp butstillyouwouldlikesomeonetohelpyouout. Youcanmakethisrequestalittlemoredirect bysaying“Icoulduseyourhelp” insteadof“somehelp”. Inthisexpressionyoumustuse‘could' asthemodalverb. Theexpressiondoesn'tsoundrightifyousay “Icanuseyourhelp”.Icoulduseyourhelpmovingthisfurniture. Icoulduseyourhelpwithdinner.IcoulduseahandYoucanalsouse“Icoulduseahand”inthesameway.Icoulduseahand,thesebagsarereallyheavy!Paullookslikehecoulduseahand.Sothereyouhaveit!FivewaystoaskforhelpinEnglishnaturally. Nowidiomaticexpressionsandphrasalverbs liketheexamplesinthislessonarealittletricky buttrytofocusontheseonesthisweek.Askforhelpfromasmanypeopleasyoucanandoffer yourhelptootherstoo!Itwillbegreatpractice. AsanextrabonusI'llshareaninterestingexpression withyouabouthelp.Haveyoueverheardanyonesay“YouscratchmybackandI'llscratchyours!”It'susedwhentwopeoplebothdosomething tohelptheother, sothatthey'rebothbeinghelped. They'rebothbenefiting. TheHiNativeappisaperfectexampleofthis. WhenyouhelpfromanativeEnglishspeaker, youcanreturnthefavourbyhelpingthemto understandanexpressioninyournativelanguage.Everybodywins!Ifyouenjoyedthislesson,makesureyousubscribe tothemmmEnglishchannel byclickingthatredbuttondownthere andcheckoutsomeofmyotherlessonsrighthere!ThanksforwatchingandIwillseeyounextweekforanotherlesson.Byefornow!mmmEnglishVideoLessonsareaseriesofvideolessonscreatedtobuildconfidenceinEnglishlearnersandfocusonEnglishindailylife.Downloadthemandwatchthemanywhere! SubscribetomyYouTubeChanneltobethefirsttogetmynewvideos,andcomeandsayhionmyFacebookpage!!21CommentsموزعكاميراتمراقبةonFebruary10,2018at8:57pmIfeelthisisonthelistofmostimportantfactsforme.Andiamhappyreadingyourarticle.Howeverwannacommentaryonnumberofbasicitems,Thesitetasteiswonderful,thearticlesistrulyexcellent:D.Excellentjob,cheersReplyPankajKumaronJuly12,2020at8:17pmHiiMryouhelpandyoulearnedfluentlyspeakingEnglishwithbyconversationwithme.Couldyouhelpme.ReplynancyonJune28,2021at3:20pmnycReplyloketpembayaran.netonMarch15,2018at8:04pmHurrah!AtlastIgotablogfromwhereIbeabletoinfactobtainvaluablefactsregardingmystudyandknowledge.ReplyJabesaonMarch13,2021at7:18pmThankyouReplynoithatonSeptember17,2018at11:30amWhypeoplestillusetoreadnewspaperswheninthistechnologicalglobeallisavailableonweb?ReplyKaluonJune2,2021at12:32pmGoodReplyNiimkaonNovember8,2018at4:30amWow,ThankyousomuchforhelpingusoutwithlearningEnglish.Ioweyouafavor.ReplyEmmaonNovember8,2018at10:42amIt'sapleasuretohelpyou!ReplymoreInfoonNovember19,2018at3:58amThanksforfinallywritingabout>5WaysToAskforHelpinEnglish|CommonExpressions&Vocabulary#spon|mmmEnglish