Disguised requests - What they really mean

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Disguised requests are questions people ask to gently suggest that another person should do something. Olivia says "Is it 10 o'clock?" but what she means is, "Please go home." Olivia's had a house party. It's late at night and now she just wants everyone to leave so she can go to bed. She uses disguised requests to let Mark know she wants him to leave. But he doesn't realise. Watch the video to find out how to identify disguised requests - because English speakers don't always mean what they say. More programmes in this series 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcetZ6gSk96-3Mwa2mMbaJll9xf1vjiZJ 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #request #spokenenglish

Published 2018-04-27 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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