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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 217 · 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) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, 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) Thank you so much for your help.
  3. 3.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  4. 4.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  5. 5.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  6. 6.Make a sentence: your / you / for / help. / much / Thank / so
  7. 7.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  8. 8.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) phone (d) sorry
  9. 9.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / much / for / Thank / your
  10. 10.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?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  14. 14.Make a sentence: help. / for / so / Thank / much / your / you
  15. 15.Make a sentence: for / Thank / so / you / much / help. / your
  16. 16.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  17. 17.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) umbrella (c) water (d) pen
  18. 18.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  19. 19.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  20. 20.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  21. 21.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) window (c) sorry (d) please
  22. 22.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  23. 23.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Thank / you / much / your / so / for / help.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  26. 26.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  27. 27.📕 What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) water (d) book
  28. 28.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  29. 29.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  30. 30.🚰 What is this? (a) sorry (b) door (c) water (d) window
  31. 31.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / your / I
  33. 33.🆘 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) help (c) pen (d) salt
  34. 34.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  35. 35.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) phone (d) umbrella
  36. 36.Make a sentence: help. / for / so / you / your / Thank / much
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
  38. 38.Make a sentence: help. / much / so / you / Thank / your / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: much / so / you / Thank / for / help. / your
  40. 40.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / May / pen?

Answer key

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

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