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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 349 · 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.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  2. 2.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  3. 3.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  4. 4.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  5. 5.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  6. 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. 7.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / so / help. / you / much / for / Thank
  9. 9.Make a sentence: so / Thank / much / for / your / help. / you
  10. 10.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  11. 11.🚪 What is this? (a) pen (b) book (c) salt (d) door
  12. 12.☎️ What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) phone (d) salt
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / May / I / borrow / pen?
  14. 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. 15.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  16. 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. 17.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) salt (c) door (d) window
  18. 18.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  19. 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. 20.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / May / borrow
  21. 21.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  22. 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. 23.😔 What is this? (a) salt (b) door (c) sorry (d) pen
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / help. / much / your / Thank / so / you
  25. 25.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
  27. 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. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / pen? / May
  29. 29.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / your / May
  30. 30.Make a sentence: help. / for / Thank / so / you / much / your
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / I / May
  32. 32.🧂 What is this? (a) help (b) water (c) book (d) salt
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / your / help. / much / so / Thank / you
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / help. / so / your / for / much / Thank
  37. 37.🙏 What is this? (a) sorry (b) pen (c) please (d) phone
  38. 38.Make a sentence: much / so / Thank / you / help. / for / your
  39. 39.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May

Answer key

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

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