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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 244 · 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.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / your / borrow
  2. 2.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  3. 3.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) phone (c) window (d) umbrella
  4. 4.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  5. 5.Make a sentence: for / so / much / your / help. / you / Thank
  6. 6.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  7. 7.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  8. 8.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) sorry (c) please (d) help
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  10. 10.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?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Thank / you / for / help. / so / much / your
  12. 12.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  13. 13.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  15. 15.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  16. 16.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  17. 17.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  18. 18.Make a sentence: help. / so / Thank / your / you / for / much
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  20. 20.🙏 What is this? (a) water (b) book (c) window (d) please
  21. 21.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
  22. 22.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: Thank / for / your / help. / you / much / so
  24. 24.🚰 What is this? (a) salt (b) umbrella (c) water (d) door
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / for / much / help. / your
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / so / for / your / Thank / help. / much
  27. 27.🖊️ What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) pen (d) water
  28. 28.Make a sentence: help. / for / much / you / so / Thank / your
  29. 29.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  30. 30.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / Thank / your / much / help. / for / you
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / much / help. / so / for / you / Thank
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / you / help. / much / Thank / your / so
  34. 34.Make a sentence: much / Thank / you / your / so / for / help.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  36. 36.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) book (c) salt (d) phone
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Thank / you / help. / for / your / much / so
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / much / Thank / help. / so / for / you
  39. 39.Make a sentence: much / help. / Thank / so / your / you / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?

Answer key

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

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