Lesson 16 Table 3

SAYING THINGS POLITELY

You shouldn’t do that. →	Maybe you shouldn’t do that.
You need to leave. →	Don’t you need to leave?
You need to choose something. →	Can I help you choose something?
Listen to what he is saying. →	We need to listen to what he is saying.
Sit down. →	Please sit down.
Listen to me. →	May I please have your attention?
You need to know this. →	I think you will want to know this.
We have finished our discussion. →	Have we finished our discussion?
You are wrong. →	I don’t think that is correct.
Get out of my way. →	May I please come through?
That isn’t any of your business. →	I don’t believe that concerns you.
It’s none of your business. →	I’m sorry, but we will take care of that.
I want to talk now. →	Excuse me. May I say something?
Be more careful with that. →	I would be more careful with that.
You don’t need to know. →	I don’t want to answer that just now.
Don’t do that. →	Please wait.
You are late. →	I think we need to hurry.
He is coming and you are not ready. →	Isn’t he coming soon?
Do it this way. →	Let me show you how to do it.
We don’t know that. →	We don’t really know that.
He is always wrong. →	Sometimes we think he is wrong.
I don’t want to do it now. →	Could we do it another time?