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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 233 · 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 “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  2. 2.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) umbrella (d) door
  3. 3.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  4. 4.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  5. 5.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  6. 6.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  7. 7.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / you / help. / so / much / for / Thank
  9. 9.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  10. 10.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  11. 11.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  12. 12.😔 What is this? (a) please (b) book (c) sorry (d) help
  13. 13.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / your / I
  14. 14.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / I / borrow
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Thank / your / help. / for / you / so / much
  17. 17.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  18. 18.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  21. 21.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  22. 22.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  23. 23.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / I / May
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Thank / much / so / help. / you / your / for
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / borrow / May
  27. 27.🪟 What is this? (a) salt (b) help (c) book (d) window
  28. 28.📕 What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) umbrella (d) pen
  29. 29.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) book (c) help (d) please
  30. 30.Make a sentence: much / help. / so / your / for / Thank / you
  31. 31.🚪 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) door (d) water
  32. 32.🚰 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) book (d) water
  33. 33.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / so / help. / much / your / you / Thank
  35. 35.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / May / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: so / your / help. / you / much / for / Thank
  37. 37.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  38. 38.☎️ What is this? (a) help (b) pen (c) phone (d) salt
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Thank / so / help. / you / much / for / your
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I

Answer key

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

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