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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 122 · 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.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  2. 2.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  3. 3.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  4. 4.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / I / pen?
  5. 5.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  8. 8.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  9. 9.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  12. 12.📕 What is this? (a) book (b) salt (c) water (d) door
  13. 13.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  14. 14.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: so / your / help. / Thank / much / you / for
  16. 16.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  17. 17.🚰 What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) pen (d) water
  18. 18.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) door (c) water (d) sorry
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / so / you / help. / much / for / Thank
  20. 20.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  21. 21.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  22. 22.Make a sentence: for / help. / so / you / your / much / Thank
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / help. / Thank / your / you / much / so
  24. 24.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  25. 25.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  26. 26.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  27. 27.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  28. 28.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  29. 29.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / much / help. / so / your
  31. 31.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / Thank / much / so / your / help. / you
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / May / your / pen? / borrow
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow
  35. 35.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / your / so / much / for / you
  37. 37.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / much / for / Thank / so / help. / you
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  40. 40.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?

Answer key

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

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