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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 120 · 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.”

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

Answer key

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

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