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