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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 419 · 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.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  2. 2.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) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  3. 3.🙏 What is this? (a) phone (b) please (c) water (d) book
  4. 4.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  5. 5.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  6. 6.Make a sentence: help. / your / you / so / for / Thank / much
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  8. 8.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) May I borrow your pen?
  9. 9.Make a sentence: your / much / help. / Thank / for / you / so
  10. 10.Make a sentence: you / much / Thank / for / so / help. / your
  11. 11.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  12. 12.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / your / borrow
  13. 13.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Am (c) Do
  14. 14.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / I / May
  15. 15.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  17. 17.😔 What is this? (a) salt (b) pen (c) window (d) sorry
  18. 18.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  19. 19.Make a sentence: you / for / your / help. / much / so / Thank
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  21. 21.Make a sentence: much / so / for / you / your / help. / Thank
  22. 22.📕 What is this? (a) book (b) please (c) umbrella (d) help
  23. 23.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  24. 24.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) please (d) help
  25. 25.Make a sentence: for / much / so / your / Thank / you / help.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: so / Thank / for / your / much / you / help.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Thank / so / much / you / for / your / help.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  29. 29.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
  30. 30.🖊️ What is this? (a) help (b) salt (c) pen (d) water
  31. 31.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / May / your / pen? / borrow
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  34. 34.🪟 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) please (d) window
  35. 35.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / your / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / you / so / help. / your / much / Thank
  38. 38.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: you / help. / Thank / so / your / much / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / I / your

Answer key

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

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