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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 187 · 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.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  2. 2.☎️ What is this? (a) help (b) water (c) umbrella (d) phone
  3. 3.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  5. 5.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  6. 6.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / May / pen?
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  8. 8.Make a sentence: so / you / much / help. / for / Thank / your
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / for / your / you / much / so
  11. 11.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 borrow your pen?
  12. 12.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  13. 13.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  14. 14.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / pen? / May
  16. 16.🚰 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) help (d) water
  17. 17.Make a sentence: your / for / Thank / you / help. / much / so
  18. 18.Make a sentence: help. / so / your / much / you / Thank / for
  19. 19.Make a sentence: help. / your / for / Thank / much / you / so
  20. 20.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / your / Thank / much / for
  21. 21.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  23. 23.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  25. 25.🖊️ What is this? (a) phone (b) book (c) water (d) pen
  26. 26.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / I / your
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / pen? / I
  28. 28.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I have some water, please?
  29. 29.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / your / I
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / help. / you / so / Thank / much / for
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / help. / much / your / you / Thank / for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: much / your / help. / you / for / Thank / so
  33. 33.🆘 What is this? (a) water (b) help (c) please (d) umbrella
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  35. 35.Make a sentence: May / I / borrow / pen? / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: much / for / your / help. / so / Thank / you
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / borrow / May
  39. 39.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / I / May
  40. 40.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?

Answer key

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

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