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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 410 · 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.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  2. 2.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  3. 3.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  4. 4.🆘 What is this? (a) salt (b) pen (c) help (d) door
  5. 5.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  6. 6.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  7. 7.Make a sentence: your / help. / much / for / so / Thank / you
  8. 8.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  10. 10.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) Could you open the door, please?
  11. 11.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) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  12. 12.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  13. 13.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  14. 14.Make a sentence: help. / you / much / your / Thank / for / so
  15. 15.🚪 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) pen (c) please (d) door
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  17. 17.🖊️ What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) please (d) pen
  18. 18.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / I / pen?
  19. 19.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  20. 20.🙏 What is this? (a) water (b) help (c) please (d) pen
  21. 21.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  22. 22.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) umbrella (d) window
  23. 23.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / Thank / much / for / so / help. / you
  25. 25.😔 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) umbrella (d) phone
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Thank / for / you / so / help. / your / much
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Thank / much / your / for / help. / so / you
  28. 28.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  29. 29.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  30. 30.🚰 What is this? (a) pen (b) door (c) salt (d) water
  31. 31.🆘 What is this? (a) pen (b) help (c) umbrella (d) sorry
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / borrow / your
  34. 34.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / your / I
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / borrow / May
  37. 37.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May
  38. 38.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I

Answer key

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

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