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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 475 · 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.”

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

Answer key

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

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