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