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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 186 · 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.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  2. 2.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) Thank you so much for your help.
  3. 3.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) door (c) book (d) help
  4. 4.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  7. 7.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Thank / for / so / help. / your / much / you
  9. 9.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  10. 10.Make a sentence: so / for / much / help. / your / you / Thank
  11. 11.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  13. 13.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  14. 14.Make a sentence: Thank / so / help. / much / your / you / for
  15. 15.Make a sentence: your / help. / Thank / for / so / you / much
  16. 16.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  18. 18.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  19. 19.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  20. 20.🪟 What is this? (a) sorry (b) umbrella (c) window (d) help
  21. 21.Make a sentence: much / your / help. / so / you / Thank / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: much / Thank / so / you / for / help. / your
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Thank / so / for / much / help. / your / you
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: help. / much / your / for / Thank / so / you
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / May / pen?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  29. 29.😔 What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) salt (d) sorry
  30. 30.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) sorry (c) pen (d) please
  31. 31.Make a sentence: you / your / help. / much / so / for / Thank
  32. 32.Make a sentence: much / so / help. / for / your / Thank / you
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / help. / much / your / you / Thank / so
  34. 34.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / so / you / help. / your / much / Thank
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / pen? / May
  38. 38.Make a sentence: so / your / for / much / help. / you / Thank
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / much / for / so / Thank / help. / you
  40. 40.Make a sentence: much / for / you / your / so / help. / Thank

Answer key

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