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