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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 202 · 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 “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: so / much / help. / your / for / you / Thank
  4. 4.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  5. 5.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  6. 6.Make a sentence: help. / you / much / for / Thank / your / so
  7. 7.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  8. 8.Make a sentence: for / your / much / help. / Thank / so / you
  9. 9.Make a sentence: you / help. / so / for / Thank / your / much
  10. 10.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  11. 11.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  12. 12.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / borrow / your
  13. 13.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  14. 14.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  16. 16.🪟 What is this? (a) phone (b) window (c) please (d) salt
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  18. 18.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  20. 20.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / I / your
  21. 21.🙏 What is this? (a) water (b) please (c) window (d) umbrella
  22. 22.☎️ What is this? (a) help (b) salt (c) please (d) phone
  23. 23.Make a sentence: you / for / much / so / your / help. / Thank
  24. 24.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: May / your / I / borrow / pen?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: much / help. / your / for / you / Thank / so
  28. 28.Make a sentence: for / help. / so / your / Thank / much / you
  29. 29.🚪 What is this? (a) salt (b) water (c) door (d) help
  30. 30.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  31. 31.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  33. 33.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / so / help. / your / much / Thank / you
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / you / Thank / much / help. / for / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / for / Thank / you / help. / much / so
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / May / your / pen? / borrow
  39. 39.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) please (d) water
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your

Answer key

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

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