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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 47 · 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.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) book (c) help (d) water
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  3. 3.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  4. 4.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  7. 7.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  8. 8.📕 What is this? (a) help (b) pen (c) salt (d) book
  9. 9.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / May / borrow
  10. 10.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  12. 12.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  13. 13.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) please (d) door
  14. 14.Make a sentence: help. / much / your / you / so / Thank / for
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
  16. 16.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / your / I
  17. 17.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  18. 18.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  20. 20.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  22. 22.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / I / borrow
  23. 23.☂️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) book (c) umbrella (d) water
  24. 24.🧂 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) salt (c) pen (d) help
  25. 25.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  26. 26.🪟 What is this? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) window (d) help
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: for / much / your / Thank / you / help. / so
  29. 29.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  30. 30.😔 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) please (d) salt
  31. 31.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  32. 32.Make a sentence: so / much / you / for / your / help. / Thank
  33. 33.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / your / Thank / much / help. / you / so
  35. 35.Make a sentence: much / you / so / for / Thank / help. / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: much / for / you / your / Thank / help. / so
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / much / Thank / help. / you / so / your
  38. 38.Make a sentence: you / so / for / help. / Thank / much / your
  39. 39.Make a sentence: you / your / help. / for / Thank / so / much
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Thank / so / your / for / much / help. / you

Answer key

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

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