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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 140 · 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 “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  2. 2.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  3. 3.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  4. 4.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  5. 5.Make a sentence: your / much / help. / so / you / for / Thank
  6. 6.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  7. 7.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  9. 9.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / your / May
  10. 10.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  11. 11.☎️ What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) phone (d) help
  12. 12.Make a sentence: for / much / Thank / so / your / help. / you
  13. 13.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  14. 14.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / borrow / May
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  16. 16.😔 What is this? (a) pen (b) sorry (c) window (d) phone
  17. 17.Make a sentence: much / your / help. / you / Thank / so / for
  18. 18.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  20. 20.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  23. 23.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?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: much / for / Thank / your / you / so / help.
  25. 25.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) water (d) sorry
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / borrow / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  28. 28.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / for / much / your / Thank
  29. 29.🖊️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) pen (d) water
  30. 30.🧂 What is this? (a) book (b) please (c) salt (d) water
  31. 31.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) book (d) umbrella
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / for / your / much / Thank / help. / so
  33. 33.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) salt (d) sorry
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  35. 35.Make a sentence: for / your / much / you / so / help. / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / your / so / Thank / much / help. / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  38. 38.🆘 What is this? (a) salt (b) door (c) help (d) window
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / for / you / help. / much / Thank / so
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May

Answer key

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

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