Learn · Sentences Polite Requests

Would you mind closing the window?

A2

Sentence

Narrator

Would you mind closing the window?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Making a Request

Would you mind closing the window, please?

Politely Asking a Favor

Could you please close the window? It's a bit drafty.

Giving Instructions

Please close the window.

Expressing a Need

I'm a little cold; would you mind closing the window?

Rephrased versions

Formal

Please close the window.

Casual

Close the window, please?

Simpler English

Shut the window.

Phrases to learn

Would you mind

A polite way to ask someone to do something.

closing the window

The act of shutting a window.