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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 246 · 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.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  2. 2.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  3. 3.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  5. 5.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  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) Could you open the door, please?
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  8. 8.🖊️ What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) pen (d) umbrella
  9. 9.🪟 What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) sorry (d) window
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: so / help. / Thank / much / your / you / for
  12. 12.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  13. 13.🆘 What is this? (a) pen (b) sorry (c) help (d) water
  14. 14.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / I / borrow
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  16. 16.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / pen? / your
  17. 17.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  18. 18.📕 What is this? (a) please (b) sorry (c) umbrella (d) book
  19. 19.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  20. 20.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) door (c) phone (d) salt
  21. 21.Make a sentence: much / your / for / so / help. / Thank / you
  22. 22.Make a sentence: you / your / much / help. / for / Thank / so
  23. 23.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / your / borrow
  24. 24.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / pen? / May
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / help. / much / your / so
  27. 27.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  28. 28.Make a sentence: so / you / much / for / Thank / help. / your
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Thank / much / you / help. / your / so / for
  30. 30.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  31. 31.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / so / for / you / much / Thank / help.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?
  34. 34.🧂 What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) umbrella (d) help
  35. 35.🙏 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) window (c) pen (d) please
  36. 36.Make a sentence: much / for / your / you / help. / Thank / so
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / I / your
  39. 39.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) salt (d) book
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow

Answer key

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

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