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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 367 · 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) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  2. 2.📕 What is this? (a) please (b) window (c) phone (d) book
  3. 3.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  4. 4.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  5. 5.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  6. 6.🚰 What is this? (a) help (b) salt (c) water (d) window
  7. 7.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) sorry (c) umbrella (d) door
  8. 8.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  9. 9.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  11. 11.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  12. 12.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  13. 13.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / pen? / your
  14. 14.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / much / so / your / you / for
  15. 15.Make a sentence: you / Thank / for / so / your / much / help.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / borrow / I
  17. 17.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  18. 18.Make a sentence: so / you / Thank / your / for / much / help.
  19. 19.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  20. 20.😔 What is this? (a) please (b) sorry (c) book (d) water
  21. 21.Make a sentence: your / so / much / for / you / help. / Thank
  22. 22.Make a sentence: for / your / help. / Thank / much / you / so
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / I / your
  24. 24.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) salt (c) book (d) sorry
  25. 25.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / borrow / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / your / May
  28. 28.Make a sentence: so / Thank / much / you / for / help. / your
  29. 29.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  31. 31.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / so / much / for / help. / you / Thank
  33. 33.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) water (c) phone (d) umbrella
  34. 34.Make a sentence: you / Thank / help. / so / your / much / for
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I have some water, please?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: so / Thank / for / your / you / much / help.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / your / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / you / so / help. / for / much / Thank
  39. 39.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / much / so / your / for / you
  40. 40.Make a sentence: you / Thank / for / your / so / much / help.

Answer key

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

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