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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 218 · 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: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
  2. 2.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  3. 3.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  4. 4.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / borrow / May
  5. 5.🆘 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) water (d) help
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  7. 7.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  8. 8.😔 What is this? (a) pen (b) door (c) please (d) sorry
  9. 9.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  10. 10.Make a sentence: so / Thank / much / help. / you / your / for
  11. 11.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  12. 12.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  13. 13.🚰 What is this? (a) door (b) umbrella (c) water (d) phone
  14. 14.Make a sentence: so / for / you / Thank / much / help. / your
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  16. 16.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  17. 17.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / I / your
  20. 20.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  21. 21.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?
  22. 22.🪟 What is this? (a) door (b) sorry (c) pen (d) window
  23. 23.Make a sentence: so / help. / for / you / Thank / much / your
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / your / I
  25. 25.Make a sentence: much / for / help. / so / Thank / your / you
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / so / your / Thank / you / much / help.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: you / Thank / your / help. / much / for / so
  28. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  30. 30.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  31. 31.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: so / your / you / for / much / help. / Thank
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / help. / much / you / Thank / for / so
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / pen? / I
  40. 40.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow

Answer key

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

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