Q.1 How would you grant or refuse permission in each of the following cases? Use
appropriate and different expressions for each situation.
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Your colleague has requested to work on your computer in your office.
Your younger sibling is asking you to lend him/her some money.
A passerby wants to make an urgent phone call from your mobile.
Your class fellow wants to get your study material photocopied.
Your cousin wants to use your brand new camera in his/her birthday party.
Answers
Answer:
- Your colleague has requested to work on your computer in your office.
I am really sorry but I can't allow you to use my office computer. I have some very important and confidential files saved on my computer and I cannot under any circumstances allow anyone to get access to them. I do hope you understand my position.
ii. Your younger sibling is asking you to lend him/her some money.
I would gladly like to help you out. Just let me know how much money you need. I am your elder brother and you can come to me for anything you ever need.
iii. A passerby wants to make an urgent phone call from your mobile.
1 understand you are in some kind of urgency but I am sorry I cannot give my mobile to you. I do not have enough credit in my mobile for you to make a phone call. I am really sorry' .I can't help.
iv. Your class fellow wants to get your study material photocopied.
I will give you my study material and you can get it photocopied. But please do I have prepared my notes w ith a lot of hard work. And do return them as soon as you get them photocopied.
Your cousin wants to use your brand new camera in his/her birthday parts .
You have asked me for my new1 camera, but I am really sorry I cannot lend it to you because my father won't allow it It is a brand new camera and my father gifted it to me on my birthday. If anything happens to it my father will not spare me.