Business English Dictation: Polite Workplace Requests

Catch the opening of the request before concentrating on the action. Could you asks another person to do something; could I asks for permission. Would you mind is followed by an -ing form, while would you goes with the plain verb. These little differences can be easy to miss when you are listening for the main work word. Keep please wherever the speaker puts it, too. Write the whole request as you hear it, including who is being asked to act.