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.”
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- 1.🧂 What is this? (a) water (b) book (c) salt (d) sorry
- 2.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
- 3.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
- 4.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
- 5.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
- 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.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
- 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.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / much / Thank / for / your
- 10.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
- 11.Make a sentence: much / your / Thank / so / you / for / help.
- 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.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
- 14.Make a sentence: you / much / for / your / Thank / so / help.
- 15.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / I / pen?
- 16.Make a sentence: so / your / help. / for / Thank / much / you
- 17.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
- 18.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / borrow / I
- 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.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
- 21.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
- 22.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
- 23.🙏 What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) pen (d) help
- 24.☂️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) umbrella (d) pen
- 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.Make a sentence: for / your / so / much / you / Thank / help.
- 27.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / Thank / for / so / your
- 28.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
- 29.Make a sentence: much / your / so / for / Thank / you / help.
- 30.Make a sentence: you / for / so / your / help. / much / Thank
- 31.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / pen? / your
- 32.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
- 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.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
- 35.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
- 36.Make a sentence: your / so / Thank / help. / much / you / for
- 37.Make a sentence: your / Thank / you / for / much / so / help.
- 38.Make a sentence: help. / your / so / you / Thank / much / for
- 39.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
- 40.Make a sentence: your / much / you / help. / so / Thank / for
Answer key
- salt
- May
- for
- lend
- Could
- Could you open the door, please?
- sorry
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- welcome
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Can you pass me the salt, please?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Excuse me, may I ask a question?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- please
- umbrella
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- borrow
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I have some water, please?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
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