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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 148 · 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 “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  2. 2.🪟 What is this? (a) salt (b) phone (c) window (d) sorry
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  4. 4.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  5. 5.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) May I have some water, please?
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  7. 7.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  9. 9.Make a sentence: help. / your / much / Thank / for / so / you
  10. 10.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  11. 11.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  12. 12.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) salt (c) umbrella (d) please
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  14. 14.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  15. 15.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  16. 16.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / borrow / I
  18. 18.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) window (c) pen (d) book
  19. 19.🆘 What is this? (a) door (b) sorry (c) phone (d) help
  20. 20.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  21. 21.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / borrow / May
  22. 22.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / I / pen?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  25. 25.Make a sentence: much / for / you / so / help. / your / Thank
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / help. / much / for / Thank / so / you
  27. 27.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  28. 28.Make a sentence: you / so / much / Thank / for / help. / your
  29. 29.☂️ What is this? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) book (d) window
  30. 30.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  31. 31.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / pen? / May
  32. 32.🚰 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) window (d) water
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / I / borrow
  34. 34.Make a sentence: so / for / help. / you / much / your / Thank
  35. 35.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / your / Thank / for / much
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / pen? / May
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / much / help. / so / for / you / Thank
  38. 38.Make a sentence: much / help. / Thank / your / for / so / you
  39. 39.🚪 What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) water (d) door
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?

Answer key

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

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