Learn · Sentences Polite Requests

Could you please pass me the salt?

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Sentence

Narrator

Could you please pass me the salt?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Formal Request

I would appreciate it if you could pass me the salt.

Informal Request

Pass me the salt, please.

Request with Explanation

Could you please pass me the salt? I need it for my dish.

Polite Request to a Stranger

Excuse me, could you please pass me the salt?

Rephrased versions

More Formal

Please be so kind as to pass me the salt.

Less Formal

Salt, please?

Simpler English

Give me the salt.

Phrases to learn

pass me the salt

A polite request to someone to hand over the salt.

Could you please

A polite way to make a request.