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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 489 · 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.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  2. 2.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  3. 3.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Am (c) Do
  4. 4.🆘 What is this? (a) phone (b) help (c) water (d) book
  5. 5.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) book (c) umbrella (d) phone
  6. 6.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) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  8. 8.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  9. 9.📕 What is this? (a) salt (b) book (c) water (d) door
  10. 10.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  11. 11.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  12. 12.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) Thank you so much for your help.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  15. 15.🚰 What is this? (a) window (b) phone (c) water (d) umbrella
  16. 16.🖊️ What is this? (a) water (b) phone (c) pen (d) window
  17. 17.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  18. 18.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  19. 19.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  20. 20.Make a sentence: much / your / for / help. / so / Thank / you
  21. 21.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / Thank / your / for / you
  22. 22.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / for / much / you / so / your
  23. 23.☎️ What is this? (a) pen (b) water (c) phone (d) sorry
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Thank / for / you / much / so / your / help.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  28. 28.🧂 What is this? (a) help (b) water (c) pen (d) salt
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / help. / your / much / Thank / you / so
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / May / I / borrow / pen?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: so / help. / Thank / you / for / much / your
  33. 33.☂️ What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) help (d) umbrella
  34. 34.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  35. 35.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / borrow / I
  37. 37.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: much / Thank / help. / you / for / your / so
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / I / your
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Thank / for / much / your / you / help. / so

Answer key

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

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