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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 288 · 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 “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  2. 2.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  3. 3.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  4. 4.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / I / your
  5. 5.🙏 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) please (c) help (d) pen
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  7. 7.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  8. 8.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) door (c) sorry (d) phone
  9. 9.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  10. 10.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  11. 11.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  12. 12.☂️ What is this? (a) water (b) pen (c) umbrella (d) salt
  13. 13.🧂 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) sorry (d) salt
  14. 14.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / your / I
  15. 15.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / your / much / so / for / you
  16. 16.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) Thank you so much for your help.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / pen? / your
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Thank / you / your / much / so / help. / for
  20. 20.Make a sentence: much / your / so / help. / for / you / Thank
  21. 21.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / your / May
  24. 24.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  25. 25.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) book (c) sorry (d) phone
  26. 26.📕 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) help (c) book (d) sorry
  27. 27.Make a sentence: you / much / help. / so / your / Thank / for
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Thank / for / much / you / so / your / help.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / help. / much / for / so / Thank / you
  31. 31.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) sorry (c) window (d) door
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / help. / much / Thank / your / for / so
  33. 33.☎️ What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) water (d) phone
  34. 34.🪟 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) window (d) water
  35. 35.Make a sentence: much / you / so / help. / for / your / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Thank / so / help. / much / you / for / your
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  38. 38.🖊️ What is this? (a) door (b) pen (c) umbrella (d) phone
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  40. 40.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?

Answer key

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

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