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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 237 · 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.”

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

Answer key

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

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