Polite Business Emails — Six Sentences That Get a Reply
Grammar: BE-2
Free ESL grammar exercise on polite business emails themed around six sentences that get a reply. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising be-2. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
A softener, I was wondering whether you could send the figures, replaced the command. Would it be possible to confirm the deadline by Thursday?
Grammar: BE-2
- Modal softener
- Would it be possible to extend the deadline? — polite request
- Indirect question
- I was wondering whether you could confirm. — no inversion, no question mark
Sample items
- I was wondering ______ you could confirm the date.
- Would it be possible ______ move the meeting to Tuesday?
- I am writing ______ regard to your recent enquiry.
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