Please, Thank You, Sorry: practical Pre-A1 English

Your goal for Please, Thank You, Sorry

Please, Thank You, Sorry: Put please inside a request: “Tea, please” or “Please repeat.” It shows that you are asking, not ordering. Target: I can be polite in simple exchanges.

Try it first

Read please. Change one detail. Whisper or write it first.

Match the phrase to its job: Please, Thank You, Sorry

Put please inside a request: “Tea, please” or “Please repeat.” It shows that you are asking, not ordering.

Use thank you or the shorter thanks after help, a gift or information. “You’re welcome” is a common reply.

Use sorry after a mistake or problem you caused. Use excuse me before interrupting, passing someone or asking a stranger for attention.

“No problem” can reply to sorry or thanks in informal conversation. Context tells you which meaning is intended.

Too many polite words can sound confused

Do not use sorry to begin every question. Excuse me is better when you only need attention.

Do not translate please into every English sentence. Use it for a request, not a plain fact.

Say the phrase clearly. Politeness disappears if the listener cannot hear it.

Choose the phrase for six moments: Please, Thank You, Sorry

Choose the phrase that completes the real task. Read the reason after a wrong choice.

Say it in your own voice: Please, Thank You, Sorry

Say three sentences. Record only if you want to. Check the form and meaning.

Remember it tomorrow: Please, Thank You, Sorry

Cover please. Say it from memory with one true detail.

Keep one result: Please, Thank You, Sorry

Keep one correct example and say it again tomorrow.