Stop Saying... Avoiding direct language to sound more polite

Sometimes active verbs are not the best verb forms to use in spoken English, even if they are grammatically correct. You might seem too demanding - or even rude. One way to avoid this potential problem is to use the passive. In our video Tim explains this point in more detail, with a little help from... Tim!

[viviyop]

BBC, , You are the Best! And I love his Pronuntation workshop show!!!!

[Run.Ran.Run]

You can accomplish this with proper intonation. If it was agreed that one person would do the laundry, there's nothing wrong with saying "Have you done the laundry yet?" with a kind sound. For those learning English as a second language, don't forget, you won't always be speaking with Brits and their idea of what's polite and not polite. They also use indirect language to insult you too.

[岩田清佳]

Worth knowing! Thank you for the share!

[sumayyh]

this channel like a ray coming from the sky .. really thanks to you !!!

[taghha]

The photo of the dome of the rock looks amazing😊😊I am proud of being palestinian

[TaissaAlessandra]

Great! I've just navigated through the page activity in (at?🤔)BBC site and when I answered the exercises I really understood how to say the polite sentence.

[rickebuschcatherine]

For that, yes, wen you're French it''s not so easy to think about it, we don't used indirect form so much....

[bisoahmad]

wow the photo of the mosque is so amazing

[misscoffeecup]

Yeah, you are the best Tim! 😎😉 An BBC Lesrning my favorite YT Channel🤩

[tammytsang]

People in North America sound more direct than the citizens in England.

[BiancaBoeru]

English is so tricky :-) I love it ! <3

[Educationforall]

sir, I want to start my English for the binging because not good in basic grimmer so you provide me basic video for grimmer learning plz..

[gpgp]

I guess both Tim and Tom seem like twins. Isn't it?

[따루루링]

진짜 재밋어요!! So fun to watch your acting and it's informative.

[hereistnd]

We're very direct in the Netherlands there aren't words as please or so.

[angelookay]

We would like to see english subtitles here, would you?

[erdemzuhal]

At fist I said he's from turkey and I was correct :D

[novidaarum]

this is really interesting and helpful