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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 137 · 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) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  2. 2.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  3. 3.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Am (c) Do
  5. 5.🙏 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) please (c) phone (d) salt
  6. 6.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  7. 7.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  8. 8.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / I / borrow
  9. 9.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  10. 10.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / much / for / help. / your
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  15. 15.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  16. 16.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  17. 17.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  18. 18.Make a sentence: your / help. / much / Thank / you / for / so
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / your / help. / so / you / Thank / much
  20. 20.Make a sentence: I / May / your / pen? / borrow
  21. 21.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / pen? / your
  22. 22.🚰 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) water (d) help
  23. 23.😔 What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) sorry (d) water
  24. 24.Make a sentence: so / much / your / Thank / help. / for / you
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / pen? / your
  27. 27.Make a sentence: you / Thank / help. / your / much / so / for
  28. 28.☎️ What is this? (a) salt (b) phone (c) water (d) book
  29. 29.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) window (c) salt (d) book
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / your / much / Thank / help. / so / you
  31. 31.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  32. 32.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Thank / for / help. / you / much / your / so
  36. 36.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  37. 37.Make a sentence: much / help. / your / for / Thank / you / so
  38. 38.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: so / your / for / you / Thank / help. / much
  40. 40.Make a sentence: so / your / Thank / for / help. / much / you

Answer key

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

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