Learn · Sentences Polite Requests

Would you mind closing the door?

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Sentence

Narrator

Would you mind closing the door?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Making a Request

Please close the door.

Polite Request

Could you please close the door?

Formal Request

I would be grateful if you would close the door.

Informal Request

Close the door, please.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Would you be so kind as to close the door?

Casual

Shut the door, please.

Simpler English

Close the door.

Phrases to learn

Would you mind

A polite way to ask someone to do something.

closing the door

The action of shutting a door.