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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 416 · 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.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  2. 2.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) pen (d) umbrella
  3. 3.📕 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) help (d) sorry
  4. 4.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  7. 7.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  8. 8.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  9. 9.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  10. 10.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  11. 11.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May
  12. 12.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  13. 13.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  14. 14.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  15. 15.🖊️ What is this? (a) book (b) phone (c) pen (d) door
  16. 16.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / your / May
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  18. 18.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / so / you / Thank / help. / your / much
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  21. 21.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  22. 22.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / I / your
  23. 23.Make a sentence: help. / for / much / Thank / you / your / so
  24. 24.🧂 What is this? (a) water (b) salt (c) sorry (d) door
  25. 25.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?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  28. 28.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / much / for / you / so
  29. 29.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  30. 30.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) salt (c) book (d) window
  31. 31.🪟 What is this? (a) sorry (b) umbrella (c) phone (d) window
  32. 32.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / so / much / help. / Thank / your / you
  35. 35.Make a sentence: help. / your / you / for / Thank / much / so
  36. 36.Make a sentence: help. / for / you / your / so / Thank / much
  37. 37.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) salt (c) phone (d) water
  38. 38.Make a sentence: much / help. / your / Thank / for / you / so
  39. 39.☎️ What is this? (a) pen (b) please (c) book (d) phone
  40. 40.Make a sentence: you / your / help. / for / so / much / Thank

Answer key

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

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