ASKING and OFFERING HELP / SERVICE

Apa yang dimaksud dengan Asking and Offering Help?

Asking Help adalah ungkapan dalam Bahasa Inggris yang digunakan untuk meminta bantuan
kepada orang lain.

Offering Help adalah ungkapan yang digunakan untuk menawarkan bantuan kepada orang
lain dengan menggunakan kalimat Bahasa Inggris.

Penggunaan Ungkapan Asking and Offering Help dalam situasi Formal dan Informal :

Asking help Formal

1. You possibly help me? ( Bisakah Anda membantu saya? )
2. Could I possibly ask you to help me? ( Bisakah saya meminta Anda untuk membantu
saya? )
3. Would you be willing to help me? ( Apakah Anda bersedia membantu saya? )
4. Could you do me a favor, please? ( Bisakah Anda membantu saya? )
5. Could you help me for a second? ( Bisakah Anda membantu saya sebentar? )
6. I wonder if you could help me with this? ( Saya ingin tahu apakah Anda dapat
membantu saya dengan ini? )
7. I could do with some help, please. ( Tolong, saya bisa membantu. )
8. Could you spare a moment? ( Bisakah Anda menyisihkan waktu sebentar? )
9. I need some help, please. ( Tolong, saya butuh bantuan. )
10. Could you give me a hand? ( Bisakah Anda membantu saya? )
11. Would you mind helping me out? ( Maukah Anda membantu saya? )
12. Could you help me, please? ( Bisakah kamu membantuku? )
13. I need some assistance, please. ( Tolong, saya butuh bantuan. )
14. Would you help me? ( Maukah Anda membantu saya? )

Asking help Informal

1. Can you help me, please? ( Bisakah Anda menolong saya? )
2. I can’t manage. Can you help? ( Saya tidak bisa mengaturnya. Dapatkah kamu
menolong? )
3. Give me a hand with this, will you? ( Bantu aku dengan ini, ya? )
4. Lend me a hand with this, will you? ( Tolong bantu saya dengan ini, bukan? )
5. Let me give you my hand. ( Biarkan saya memberi Anda tangan saya.)
6. Can you give me a hand with this? ( Bisakah Anda membantu saya dengan ini? )
7. Can I ask a favour? ( Bisakah saya meminta bantuan? )
8. Can you help me? ( Bisakah kamu membantuku? )
9. Help me, please. ( Tolong bantu aku. )
10. I really need you to help. ( Saya benar-benar membutuhkan Anda untuk membantu )
11. Do me a favour, please. ( Tolong bantu saya.)
Offering help Formal
1. Would you like some help? ( Apakah Anda butuh bantuan? )
2. May I help you? ( Dapatkah saya membantu Anda? )
3. May I offer my assistance? ( Bolehkah saya menawarkan bantuan saya? )
4. Could I help you? ( Bisakah saya membantu Anda? )
5. What can I do for you? ( Apa yang bisa saya lakukan untuk Anda? )
6. What shall I do for you? ( Apa yang harus saya lakukan untuk Anda? )
7. I’ll be glad to help? ( Saya akan senang membantu? )

Offering help Informal

1. Can I help you? ( Bolehkah aku membantumu? )
2. Need any help? ( Membutuhkan bantuan? )
3. Do you need a hand? ( Apakah Anda butuh bantuan? )
4. Can I give you a hand? ( Bisakah saya membantu Anda? )
5. Do you need any help? ( Apakah Anda butuh bantuan? )
6. Can I do anything to help? ( Bisakah saya melakukan sesuatu untuk membantu? )
7. Do you need any help? ( Apakah Anda butuh bantuan? )

Responses/ Tanggapan

Accepting / Receiving / Menerima (Asking for help)

1. Ok
2. Sure
3. Certainly
4. No problem
5. My pleasure
6. It’s not a big deal
7. Absolutely
Accepting / Receiving /Menerima (Offering help)
1. Yes, please
2. Ok
3. Certainly
4. Thank you
5. How kind of you! Thank you very much.
6. That’s very good of you!
7. That’s terribly kind,. Thank you very much.
8. Yes, please do.
9. What a good idea!
10. Thanks. That would be excellent.

Declining / Refusing / Rejecting /Menolak (Asking for help)

1. Absolutely not
2. Sorry, I can’t
3. Sorry, I’m busy
 4. I’m afraid I can’t do it
5. I am sorry, I can’t help you now
6. Sorry, I am busy right now
7. I wish I could help you but I have to do some important tasks.
8. Declining/ Menolak (Offering help)
9. A: Can I help you with those boxes?
10. B: No, Thanks. I can do it by my self.

Declining / Refusing / Rejecting /Menolak ( Offering Help )

1. No, Thank you

2. No, you don’t need to.
3. Don’t bother yourself, thanks.
4. That’s very kind, but I can manage myself.
5. That’s very kind of you, but I don’t think it’s necessary.
6. Maybe not now, thank you.
7. I think it is not good idea.
8. Thank anyway, I am sure I can do it by myself

Dialog Asking and Offering Help

Situation: Mrs Chen will prepare for dinner at the kitchen and her son “Chen. Jr” will help
her to do something. Let’s find out!

Chen. Jr : Hi mom…
Mrs Chen : Hi, sweety… have you finished your school homework?
Chen. Jr : Yes, mom. I’ve already done it.
Mrs Chen : Good boy… There is your milk in the refrigerator.
Chen. Jr : Okay, mom. I’ll take it. Mom…??
Mrs Chen : Yes, sweety. What’s going on?
Chen. Jr : What will you cook for our dinner?
Mrs Chen : I’ll cook your favourite food and some vegetables.
Chen. Jr : Do you need chilli and pepper?
Mrs Chen : Yes, of course. Thank you.
Chen. Jr : Let me take them for you.
Mrs Chen : Thanks, but pepper is here. Just give me chilli, please.
Chen. Jr : Okay. Here it is. Anything else, mom?
Mrs Chen : Can you help me to take some eggs?
Chen. Jr : That’s no problem. How many eggs do you need, mom?
Mrs Chen : Two eggs, please. They are in the cabinet.
Chen. Jr : I see. Here you are.
Mrs Chen : Thank you, sweety.
Chen. Jr : You are welcome, mom. Anything else?
Mrs Chen : Wait a minute. Can you come here?
Chen. Jr : Yes, mom.
Mrs Chen : Please make up these vegetables.
Chen. Jr : I like it. Someday I wanna be a chef like you do.
Mrs Chen : That’s a good idea. But, how about your father’s idea, because he wants you
to be an army.
Chen. Jr : I can be an army, but not on the battlefield.
Mrs Chen : What do you mean?
Chen. Jr : I will join the forces but my position will be in the kitchen. I’ll cook for
them.
Mrs Chen : Hahahaha… That’s so funny.
Chen. Jr : It’s done for the vegetables.
Mrs Chen : Wow…Nice.
Chen. Jr : See… I’m able to be a chef someday.
Mrs Chen : I’m sure about it, sweety.
Chen. Jr : Let me clean the dining table, mom.
Mrs Chen : How kind of you. Thanks a lot.
Chen. Jr : No problem mom.
Mrs Chen : The doorbell is ringing. That must be your father. Please open the door.
Chen. Jr : I’m on my way.

Pembahasan Materi
Offering Help

1. Chen. Jr: Let me take them for you.

2. Chen. Jr: Let me clean the dining table, mom.

Asking for Help

1. Mrs Chen: … Just give me chilli, please.

2. Mrs Chen: Can you help me to take some eggs?
3. Mrs Chen: Please make up these vegetables.
4. Mrs Chen: … Please open the door.

Accepting Offers

1. Chen. Jr: Okay. Here it is.

2. Chen. Jr: That’s no problem.
3. Chen. Jr: I like it.
4. Mrs Chen: How kind of you. Thanks a lot.
5. Chen. Jr: I’m on my way.
Refusing Offers

1. Mrs Chen: Thanks, but pepper is here.

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