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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 214 · 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) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  2. 2.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  4. 4.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) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  5. 5.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  6. 6.Make a sentence: Thank / your / help. / you / so / for / much
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / much / for / Thank / help. / so / you
  9. 9.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  10. 10.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  11. 11.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  12. 12.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  14. 14.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) please (d) umbrella
  15. 15.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  16. 16.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / May / your
  17. 17.📕 What is this? (a) phone (b) book (c) help (d) please
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / your / borrow
  19. 19.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / so / your / Thank / for
  20. 20.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) sorry (d) book
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  22. 22.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / I / borrow
  23. 23.Make a sentence: much / for / your / so / Thank / help. / you
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / much / you / so / help. / for / Thank
  25. 25.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  27. 27.🚰 What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) phone (d) water
  28. 28.🧂 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) salt (d) umbrella
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / much / help. / your / Thank / so / you
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / help. / for / you / so / Thank / much
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Thank / your / for / so / much / you / help.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / for / so / help. / Thank / much / you
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / for / you / your / so / much
  34. 34.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) sorry (d) phone
  35. 35.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) door (d) umbrella
  36. 36.Make a sentence: much / for / help. / you / so / your / Thank
  37. 37.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / May / borrow
  38. 38.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / much / for / help. / Thank / so / you
  40. 40.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May

Answer key

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

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