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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 406 · 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.”

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

Answer key

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