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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 305 · 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.☂️ What is this? (a) book (b) umbrella (c) help (d) window
  2. 2.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  3. 3.🧂 What is this? (a) help (b) phone (c) salt (d) umbrella
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  5. 5.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Am (c) Do
  6. 6.Make a sentence: help. / much / Thank / so / your / for / you
  7. 7.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / for / you / help. / Thank / much / so
  9. 9.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  10. 10.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / May / your
  11. 11.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  12. 12.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  14. 14.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / your / pen?
  16. 16.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  17. 17.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / I / your
  18. 18.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  19. 19.🙏 What is this? (a) book (b) sorry (c) please (d) door
  20. 20.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  21. 21.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  22. 22.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / May / pen?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / I / May
  24. 24.Make a sentence: you / so / Thank / help. / your / for / much
  25. 25.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / so / much / for / your / you
  28. 28.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Thank / you / so / your / for / much / help.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / Thank / so / help. / your / you / much
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / your / Thank / so / much / for / help.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / borrow / your
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  36. 36.🪟 What is this? (a) pen (b) window (c) sorry (d) please
  37. 37.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  38. 38.Make a sentence: help. / much / for / so / your / Thank / you
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / so / your / you / help. / Thank / much

Answer key

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

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