Please carry these exercise books for me

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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If a teacher wants his pupil to carry all the exercise books, what would be the native speaker’s request?

Should the native speaker ask, “Please carry these exercise books for me”?

Thanks.

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Would you please carry these exercise books for me? sounds better and more polite to me.
(It is from teachers that students learn how to make polite requests like this)

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I would suggest it is a request and implies a shared task.

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Thanks, Alan.

Then it is no different from the request: “Please help me carry these exercise books.”

I thought the verb “help” made a difference.

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