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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 127 · 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!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  2. 2.Make a sentence: your / May / I / borrow / pen?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: your / help. / you / so / for / Thank / much
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  5. 5.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  6. 6.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  7. 7.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  8. 8.☎️ What is this? (a) please (b) umbrella (c) water (d) phone
  9. 9.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  10. 10.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  11. 11.Make a sentence: you / Thank / much / for / help. / your / so
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  14. 14.Make a sentence: much / you / your / for / help. / Thank / so
  15. 15.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Am (c) Do
  16. 16.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) please (d) water
  17. 17.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  18. 18.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) window (d) pen
  19. 19.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  20. 20.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  21. 21.Make a sentence: much / for / Thank / you / so / your / help.
  22. 22.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: so / your / much / you / help. / for / Thank
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / pen? / May
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  27. 27.🚰 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) water (d) pen
  28. 28.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  29. 29.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) door (c) book (d) salt
  30. 30.📕 What is this? (a) please (b) book (c) umbrella (d) pen
  31. 31.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) water (c) pen (d) book
  32. 32.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / May / your
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / so / much / Thank / for / you / help.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: much / you / for / help. / so / Thank / your
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / much / for / help. / you / your / Thank
  36. 36.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) please (c) salt (d) phone
  37. 37.Make a sentence: so / Thank / you / your / for / much / help.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Thank / much / so / your / you / help. / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: much / for / so / Thank / you / your / help.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Thank / for / much / your / so / you / help.

Answer key

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

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