Here are the most common examples with explanations of ‘would you mind‘:
Would you mind if I took your picture?
*notice the past form ‘took’ to be polite.
In the English Grammar Profile, point 83 at B1 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:
‘would’ to make polite requests, often in the fixed expression ‘would you mind’
‘Would you mind’ is also B1 in the EVP and in the EGP, the point overlaps to some degree with B1 second conditional since ‘if’ follows this expression very frequently.
An iWeb search for
would _P mind * *
WOULD YOU MIND + * *
1 IF I 735
2 TELLING ME 337
3 SHARING YOUR 204
4 SHARING THE 201
5 LETTING ME 189
6 SHARING WHAT 143
7 GIVING ME 112
8 TAKING A 110
9 TELLING US 105
10 IF WE 104
11 UPDATING YOUR 97
12 SENDING ME 94
13 POSTING A 82
14 SHARING WHICH 79
15 SHARING WHERE 76
16 SHARING A 74
17 SHARING HOW 74
18 ELABORATING ON 64
19 STATING WHICH 58
20 SHARING SOME 57
21 EMAILING ME 50
22 HELPING ME 49
23 POSTING THE 49
24 SHARING WITH 48
25 GIVING US 38
26 SHARING IT 36
27 POSTING YOUR 31
28 LOOKING AT 30
29 TO SHARE 30
30 DOING A 29
31 EXPANDING ON 28
32 EXPLAINING HOW 28
33 SHARING? 27
34 HAVING A 26
35 TERRIBLY IF 26
36 ANSWERING A 24
37 LETTING US 23
38 POINTING ME 23
39 PROVIDING US 23
40 COMMENTING ON 22
41 EXPLAINING THE 22
42 EXPLAINING WHAT 22
43 GOING INTO 21
44 PROVIDING A 20
45 GIVING A 19
46 ME ASKING 19
47 ? ” 17
48 POSTING SOME 17
49 SHOWING US 17
50 VERY MUCH 17
51 EXPLAINING A 16
52 SENDING A 16
53 TO EXPLAIN 16
54 ELABORATING ? 15
55 EXPLAINING WHY 15
56 PROVIDING ME 15
57 SHOOTING ME 15
58 SHOWING ME 15
59 ? 14
60 ? I 14
61 CONTACTING ME 14
62 GOING TO 14
63 SHARING MORE 14
64 EXPLAINING TO 13
65 LEAVING A 13
66 MAKING A 13
67 PMING ME 13
68 POSTING IT 13
69 SHARING ANY 13
70 TO TELL 13
71 COMING TO 12
72 EXPLAINING IT 12
73 EXPLAINING THAT 12
74 SHARING THAT 12
75 SHARING WHY 12
76 DOING ME 11
77 DOING THAT 11
78 ELABORATING A 11
79 IF YOU 11
80 NOT STANDING 11
81 PUTTING A 11
82 SENDING US 11
83 CREATING A 10 (*NOTE the B2 complex verb pattern)
Sorry to ask, Smith, would you mind creating a playlist of your favourite songs, please?
84 FILLING OUT 10
85 GOING OVER 10
86 MOVING YOUR 10
87 PROVIDING THE 10
88 SENDING THE 10
89 SHARING THEM 10
90 TELLING OUR 10
91 WOULD ANYONE MIND IF I 9
92 ADDING A 9
93 BEING MORE 9
94 CHECKING OUT 9
95 CLARIFYING ? 9
96 CLARIFYING WHAT 9
97 GIVING SOME 9
98 IF SOMEBODY 9
99 LINKING ME 9
100 POINTING OUT 9
B1:
creating, providing, shooting, terribly, updating