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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 370 · 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) water (b) book (c) salt (d) sorry
  2. 2.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  3. 3.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  4. 4.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  5. 5.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / much / Thank / for / your
  10. 10.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  11. 11.Make a sentence: much / your / Thank / so / you / for / help.
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  14. 14.Make a sentence: you / much / for / your / Thank / so / help.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / I / pen?
  16. 16.Make a sentence: so / your / help. / for / Thank / much / you
  17. 17.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  18. 18.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / borrow / I
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  20. 20.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
  21. 21.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  22. 22.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  23. 23.🙏 What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) pen (d) help
  24. 24.☂️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) umbrella (d) pen
  25. 25.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / your / so / much / you / Thank / help.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / Thank / for / so / your
  28. 28.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  29. 29.Make a sentence: much / your / so / for / Thank / you / help.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: you / for / so / your / help. / much / Thank
  31. 31.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / pen? / your
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
  33. 33.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?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / so / Thank / help. / much / you / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / Thank / you / for / much / so / help.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: help. / your / so / you / Thank / much / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / much / you / help. / so / Thank / for

Answer key

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