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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 269 · 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 “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  2. 2.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  3. 3.☎️ What is this? (a) water (b) phone (c) door (d) salt
  4. 4.Make a sentence: help. / so / you / Thank / your / for / much
  5. 5.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  7. 7.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  8. 8.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  9. 9.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  10. 10.🚰 What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) water (d) pen
  11. 11.🙏 What is this? (a) pen (b) window (c) please (d) salt
  12. 12.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  13. 13.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  14. 14.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) umbrella (c) please (d) phone
  15. 15.📕 What is this? (a) salt (b) window (c) book (d) water
  16. 16.Make a sentence: help. / your / for / you / so / much / Thank
  17. 17.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / I / your
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / your / May
  20. 20.🚪 What is this? (a) pen (b) door (c) please (d) water
  21. 21.Make a sentence: so / your / much / you / help. / Thank / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  23. 23.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  24. 24.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  25. 25.🧂 What is this? (a) help (b) water (c) please (d) salt
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / so / you / much / help. / for / Thank
  28. 28.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  29. 29.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  30. 30.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  31. 31.Make a sentence: much / help. / for / so / Thank / your / you
  32. 32.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) phone (c) please (d) window
  33. 33.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  34. 34.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?
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / much / for / help. / your / Thank / you
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / so / your / much / help.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / so / for / much / Thank / help. / you
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: help. / much / for / your / so / you / Thank
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I

Answer key

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