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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 210 · 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.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / your / so / much / you / for
  2. 2.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  3. 3.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  7. 7.📕 What is this? (a) water (b) help (c) window (d) book
  8. 8.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  9. 9.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  10. 10.🧂 What is this? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) salt (d) window
  11. 11.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  12. 12.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / pen? / I
  13. 13.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 have some water, please?
  14. 14.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / your / I / borrow / pen?
  16. 16.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  17. 17.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  18. 18.🚰 What is this? (a) salt (b) water (c) book (d) door
  19. 19.Make a sentence: so / you / for / Thank / help. / your / much
  20. 20.Make a sentence: you / your / help. / for / so / Thank / much
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / much / you / for / your / so
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  23. 23.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) help (c) window (d) umbrella
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / your / you / much / so / Thank / help.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  27. 27.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) salt (c) phone (d) water
  28. 28.☂️ What is this? (a) book (b) sorry (c) salt (d) umbrella
  29. 29.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) phone (c) please (d) book
  30. 30.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  31. 31.Make a sentence: help. / you / Thank / for / so / your / much
  32. 32.Make a sentence: much / for / you / so / help. / Thank / your
  33. 33.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: you / so / much / Thank / for / help. / your
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / Thank / your / for / help. / you / much
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / I / your
  38. 38.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) door (d) salt
  39. 39.🙏 What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) book (d) pen
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?

Answer key

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

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