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Asking and Giving Information

This document contains information about asking and giving information in English. It includes: 1. A list of 4 group members and their student numbers. 2. Examples of phrases to politely ask for information such as "Can you tell me..." and phrases to avoid directly giving information like "No comment". 3. Sample dialogs demonstrating asking for someone's location, asking to find a lost item, and other information requests, along with providing the requested information. 4. A discussion of when to use formal vs informal language when asking for information, depending on the person and situation. Examples of both formal and informal question phrases are provided.

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Asking and Giving Information

This document contains information about asking and giving information in English. It includes: 1. A list of 4 group members and their student numbers. 2. Examples of phrases to politely ask for information such as "Can you tell me..." and phrases to avoid directly giving information like "No comment". 3. Sample dialogs demonstrating asking for someone's location, asking to find a lost item, and other information requests, along with providing the requested information. 4. A discussion of when to use formal vs informal language when asking for information, depending on the person and situation. Examples of both formal and informal question phrases are provided.

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Asking and Giving

Information
Group Members
1. I Nyoman Yudayana Indratama (11)
2. Made Praba Jaya Kusuma (21)
3. Nickolas Mathew Geraldinho (29)
4. Nyoman Surya Adi Putra (31)

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What is Asking and
Giving Information
mean?
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ASKING AND GIVING INFORMATION

⋆ Asking & Giving information is an experimental sentence, it will not


be needed for now, but in the future you will be in a state of urgency.
The meaning of asking itself means asking, or asking something that
means you ask an information, to someone at a certain time. While
giving, which means giving or conveying information to people.
Actually, there are several expressions that you can use, when you
want to ask something, or say something to someone. So, you really
don't need to be confused to say something, as long as the situation
or situation is exactly what was said. Even here there will be some
examples, in the use of this expression which is used in the form of
dialog for you.
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Asking some
Information
Sometimes you want to ask English people for information. In English it is not very
polite to start a conversation with a direct question. For this reason we have a
number of phrases.

1. Can you tell me...?


2. Could you tell me...?
3. I'd like to know...
4. D'you know...
5. (Got / Have you) any idea...?
6. Could anyone tell me...?
7. (Do / Would) you happen to know...?
8. I don't suppose you (would) know...?
9. I wonder if you could tell me...?
10. I wonder if someone could tell me...?
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Avoiding
Giving Some
Information
Sometimes somebody asks you a question and you don't want give the answer. If
you know the answer but you don't want them to know, you can use one of these ten
phrases.

1. No comment.
2. I'm not at liberty to say.
3. Wait and see.
4. Let me get back to you.
5. I'm sorry, that's confidential.
6. (Sorry) That's personal.
7. I'd rather not talk about it.
8. Mind your own buisness.
9. Never you mind.
10. I'll tell you when you're older.
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Here is some examples of asking
and giving Information

Asking Information Giving Information


Excuse me. Who is she? She is my mother

Can you tell me where you live? I live at Morgan street number 10

Can you help me to find my wallet? I saw it in the living room an hour ago

Could anyone tell me what happen there? There is any car accident

Sorry to trouble you, but do you know where Don’t you remember that you’ve left it in my
my bag is? table

Do you know where Mr. Key is? He goes to the post office

Do you see my new black diary? Here it is. I have found it in yard

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When Do You Have to Use
Formal and Non-Formal
Language ?
Certainly in using English, you must know the use of language that is good and right.
Where later you should be able to distinguish, when you have to use formal
language, also to use language that is relaxed or informal. All of this will depend on
who you speak also what language you should use, according to the conditions and
the person you're talking to. Actually the use of this expression is very easy to do,
especially you already understand some basic words in English. For that use of this
language, it is very important to be mastered for you, who are busy doing their daily
activities. One of them might be asking about the time, asking for a place, or giving
other information to the person you're talking to.Look again at the situation, when
you will indeed ask someone something. There are times when you will ask a friend,
usually you will use the usual more non-formal or free. Whereas for more mature
people, the use of language must use polite language, or in formal English.

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Examples of using Formal and
Non-Formal language when asking
some information
Formal : Non-Formal :
1. Could you tell me about the 1. Can you tell me what time
exam day? it is?
2. Could you find out where 2. Can you tell me about the
she lives? schedule?
3. Would you mind to tell me 3. Do you know what happen
about the story? in his room?
4. I wonder if you could tell me 4. Can anyone tell me what
about her lifestyle? happen?
5. Would you like to explain
about the rules?

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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THANKS

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