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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 100 · 40 questions
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Speaking tips (Grammar point): Ask for permission: “May I come in?” “May I borrow your pen?” Ask someone to do something: “Can you …?” or, more politely, “Could you …, please?” You borrow from someone; someone lends to you. Reply to “Thank you” with “You are welcome.”

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  1. 1.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  2. 2.🆘 What is this? (a) phone (b) umbrella (c) pen (d) help
  3. 3.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  4. 4.Make a sentence: you / help. / for / so / your / much / Thank
  5. 5.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  6. 6.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / I / pen?
  7. 7.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  8. 8.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  9. 9.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  12. 12.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  13. 13.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  14. 14.🚰 What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) book (d) phone
  15. 15.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  16. 16.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  18. 18.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) umbrella (d) door
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / borrow / May
  20. 20.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  21. 21.Make a sentence: help. / for / your / Thank / so / much / you
  22. 22.😔 What is this? (a) salt (b) book (c) window (d) sorry
  23. 23.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / pen? / May
  24. 24.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  25. 25.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) pen (d) sorry
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / so / for / your / help. / much / Thank
  27. 27.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Thank / you / help. / much / for / so / your
  30. 30.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / borrow / May
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / for / your / much / so / help. / Thank
  33. 33.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / you / for / your / Thank
  34. 34.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Thank / so / much / you / your / for / help.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: much / your / you / Thank / so / help. / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / so / help. / you / your / Thank / much
  38. 38.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / help. / much / so / Thank / you / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow

Answer key

  1. Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  2. help
  3. lend
  4. Thank you so much for your help.
  5. borrow
  6. May I borrow your pen?
  7. May I borrow your pen?
  8. Could
  9. May I borrow your pen?
  10. Thank you so much for your help.
  11. May I borrow your pen?
  12. May I borrow your pen?
  13. for
  14. water
  15. sorry
  16. May I have some water, please?
  17. Could you open the door, please?
  18. phone
  19. May I borrow your pen?
  20. May
  21. Thank you so much for your help.
  22. sorry
  23. May I borrow your pen?
  24. welcome
  25. window
  26. Thank you so much for your help.
  27. May I borrow your pen?
  28. May I borrow your pen?
  29. Thank you so much for your help.
  30. May I borrow your pen?
  31. Can you pass me the salt, please?
  32. Thank you so much for your help.
  33. Thank you so much for your help.
  34. May I borrow your pen?
  35. Thank you so much for your help.
  36. Thank you so much for your help.
  37. Thank you so much for your help.
  38. May I borrow your pen?
  39. Thank you so much for your help.
  40. May I borrow your pen?

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