You will learn some useful phrases to ask for permission inside and outside the classroom. When you ask for permission to do something inside or outside the classroom, you have to do your best to be polite.
Do not forget to use the word "please".
Look a chart below, there are some phrases to apologize, ask for permission and make requests. Try to use them in the classroom.
| Permission | May I…please? / Can I … please? |
| Apology | Sorry / Excuse me |
| Request | Can you... please? Informal use Could you …. please? Formal use |
Listening and writing exercise
Es Read the dialogues and write the correct phrase from the box to complete each space.
Lee los siguientes diálogos y escribe la frase correcta para completar las oraciones.
May I go to the restroom
May I come in
Thanks
Can you turn off
Thank you