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