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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 242 · 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 “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  2. 2.🚰 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) water (d) sorry
  3. 3.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / borrow / May
  4. 4.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) sorry (c) door (d) salt
  5. 5.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  6. 6.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  7. 7.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  9. 9.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  10. 10.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  13. 13.Make a sentence: much / help. / for / so / you / Thank / your
  14. 14.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  15. 15.Make a sentence: much / you / help. / your / so / for / Thank
  16. 16.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / May / borrow
  18. 18.Make a sentence: for / your / you / much / help. / so / Thank
  19. 19.☂️ What is this? (a) book (b) please (c) umbrella (d) window
  20. 20.🪟 What is this? (a) water (b) book (c) window (d) sorry
  21. 21.Make a sentence: you / so / for / help. / your / much / Thank
  22. 22.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / your / I / borrow / pen?
  24. 24.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) book (d) phone
  25. 25.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / pen? / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  29. 29.📕 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) book (d) phone
  30. 30.Make a sentence: much / your / for / you / so / help. / Thank
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  32. 32.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) water (c) umbrella (d) help
  33. 33.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  34. 34.Make a sentence: much / your / so / you / for / Thank / help.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: you / for / much / so / help. / your / Thank
  36. 36.🙏 What is this? (a) sorry (b) phone (c) window (d) please
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  38. 38.Make a sentence: for / you / help. / Thank / so / much / your
  39. 39.Make a sentence: much / Thank / you / so / your / help. / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: help. / for / Thank / much / your / you / so

Answer key

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