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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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