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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 232 · 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) book (b) please (c) sorry (d) phone
  2. 2.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / your / May
  3. 3.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  4. 4.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  5. 5.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  6. 6.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?
  7. 7.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  8. 8.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  9. 9.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  10. 10.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  11. 11.🙏 What is this? (a) phone (b) window (c) please (d) water
  12. 12.😔 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) phone (d) please
  13. 13.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  14. 14.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  17. 17.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  18. 18.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  19. 19.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / for / Thank / your / so
  20. 20.Make a sentence: your / for / so / much / help. / you / Thank
  21. 21.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  22. 22.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) window (c) help (d) salt
  23. 23.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) please (c) water (d) door
  24. 24.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  25. 25.🖊️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) pen (c) water (d) help
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: so / for / much / Thank / you / help. / your
  28. 28.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) salt (c) sorry (d) pen
  29. 29.Make a sentence: so / much / help. / Thank / your / you / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  31. 31.🆘 What is this? (a) salt (b) umbrella (c) window (d) help
  32. 32.🧂 What is this? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) book (d) salt
  33. 33.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  34. 34.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / you / for / help. / much / Thank / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  37. 37.😔 What is this? (a) water (b) pen (c) please (d) sorry
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / Thank / your / you / help. / so / much

Answer key

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

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