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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 252 · 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.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  2. 2.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  3. 3.Make a sentence: you / much / so / for / help. / your / Thank
  4. 4.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  5. 5.🪟 What is this? (a) water (b) please (c) window (d) phone
  6. 6.Make a sentence: Thank / for / help. / your / so / you / much
  7. 7.🚰 What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) sorry (d) water
  8. 8.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  10. 10.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / your / you / for / so / much
  12. 12.🙏 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) sorry (d) window
  13. 13.🆘 What is this? (a) sorry (b) book (c) water (d) help
  14. 14.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) Could you open the door, please?
  15. 15.😔 What is this? (a) phone (b) sorry (c) please (d) help
  16. 16.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  17. 17.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  18. 18.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / your / so / for / Thank
  19. 19.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / pen? / I
  20. 20.Make a sentence: for / Thank / your / so / you / much / help.
  21. 21.📕 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) pen (d) book
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: your / help. / so / for / Thank / you / much
  24. 24.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / your / I
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  26. 26.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / help. / Thank / much / you / so / for
  28. 28.🖊️ What is this? (a) door (b) umbrella (c) pen (d) sorry
  29. 29.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  30. 30.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  31. 31.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  33. 33.☎️ What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) phone (d) umbrella
  34. 34.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  35. 35.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
  36. 36.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) help (c) water (d) please
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / you / your / help. / so / Thank / much
  38. 38.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  39. 39.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / so / you / for / much / your
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May

Answer key

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

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