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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 503 · 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.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  2. 2.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  3. 3.🙏 What is this? (a) salt (b) umbrella (c) please (d) sorry
  4. 4.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  5. 5.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  6. 6.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  7. 7.☎️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) help (c) phone (d) please
  8. 8.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow
  9. 9.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  11. 11.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  12. 12.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / I / May
  13. 13.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  14. 14.Make a sentence: so / help. / your / Thank / for / you / much
  15. 15.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  16. 16.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?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: for / so / much / you / your / Thank / help.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: you / so / for / your / much / Thank / help.
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  20. 20.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / borrow / your
  21. 21.Make a sentence: for / help. / Thank / so / much / you / your
  22. 22.Make a sentence: you / help. / for / much / Thank / your / so
  23. 23.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) please (c) pen (d) salt
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  25. 25.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) book (c) sorry (d) water
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / your / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
  28. 28.📕 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) door (d) book
  29. 29.Make a sentence: your / much / you / for / Thank / help. / so
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / so / much / help. / your
  31. 31.🚪 What is this? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) door (d) help
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  33. 33.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / help. / for / Thank / much / you / so
  35. 35.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / for / much / so / you
  36. 36.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  37. 37.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) Thank you so much for your help.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / your / so / much / help.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / so / Thank / much / your / you / help.

Answer key

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

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