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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 409 · 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: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  2. 2.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  4. 4.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  6. 6.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  7. 7.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) sorry (c) please (d) book
  8. 8.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  9. 9.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  10. 10.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  11. 11.Make a sentence: your / for / Thank / you / much / so / help.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Thank / your / help. / you / so / much / for
  13. 13.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  15. 15.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  16. 16.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  17. 17.🙏 What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) door (d) please
  18. 18.Make a sentence: help. / much / for / you / so / Thank / your
  19. 19.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  20. 20.☂️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) salt (d) umbrella
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  22. 22.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  23. 23.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) umbrella (c) water (d) sorry
  24. 24.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / pen? / your
  26. 26.🚰 What is this? (a) help (b) water (c) salt (d) phone
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / so / help. / much / Thank / for / you
  28. 28.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / I / borrow
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Thank / your / help. / you / much / so / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / your / pen?
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / so / Thank / you / much / help. / for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / help. / much / so / Thank / for / your
  33. 33.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  34. 34.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / Thank / your / help. / much / you / so

Answer key

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

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