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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 368 · 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 “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  2. 2.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  3. 3.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  4. 4.📕 What is this? (a) pen (b) help (c) phone (d) book
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  6. 6.🚰 What is this? (a) salt (b) water (c) please (d) help
  7. 7.🖊️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) book (c) pen (d) help
  8. 8.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  9. 9.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  10. 10.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  11. 11.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
  12. 12.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) salt (d) phone
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: so / for / Thank / help. / you / your / much
  16. 16.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  18. 18.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  20. 20.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  21. 21.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  22. 22.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / your / pen?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / I / your
  25. 25.Make a sentence: much / so / help. / your / Thank / you / for
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: much / you / your / for / so / help. / Thank
  28. 28.Make a sentence: much / for / your / Thank / so / you / help.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / your / so / much / you / for
  31. 31.🆘 What is this? (a) book (b) phone (c) help (d) door
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  33. 33.🚪 What is this? (a) help (b) phone (c) door (d) umbrella
  34. 34.🙏 What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) phone (d) please
  35. 35.Make a sentence: for / Thank / help. / your / much / so / you
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / for / Thank / much / your / so / help.
  37. 37.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) pen (d) book
  38. 38.😔 What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) pen (d) umbrella
  39. 39.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  40. 40.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) salt (c) help (d) sorry

Answer key

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

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