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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 304 · 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 “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  2. 2.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  4. 4.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  5. 5.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / Thank / help. / you / for / much / so
  9. 9.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  10. 10.Make a sentence: you / your / so / for / much / help. / Thank
  11. 11.🆘 What is this? (a) sorry (b) help (c) water (d) door
  12. 12.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  13. 13.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  14. 14.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) please (d) water
  15. 15.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  16. 16.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  17. 17.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / I / borrow
  18. 18.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  19. 19.☂️ What is this? (a) door (b) umbrella (c) salt (d) please
  20. 20.Make a sentence: your / for / you / much / so / help. / Thank
  21. 21.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  22. 22.🚰 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) please (c) water (d) pen
  23. 23.Make a sentence: your / you / for / help. / Thank / so / much
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  25. 25.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  26. 26.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.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: much / Thank / your / help. / so / for / you
  28. 28.😔 What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) sorry (d) book
  29. 29.☎️ What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) phone (d) sorry
  30. 30.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  31. 31.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) book (c) phone (d) door
  32. 32.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  33. 33.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: you / much / for / your / so / Thank / help.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: help. / you / your / for / so / much / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Thank / your / so / much / for / you / help.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / your / May
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / help. / Thank / much / so / you / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / borrow / May

Answer key

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