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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 513 · 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.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  2. 2.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  3. 3.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  5. 5.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (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.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / I / May
  8. 8.☎️ What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) pen (d) phone
  9. 9.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / I / borrow
  10. 10.Make a sentence: for / so / you / your / much / Thank / help.
  11. 11.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  13. 13.🙏 What is this? (a) salt (b) help (c) please (d) book
  14. 14.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  15. 15.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) pen (d) water
  16. 16.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  18. 18.Make a sentence: your / May / I / borrow / pen?
  19. 19.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  20. 20.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / your / May
  21. 21.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: much / you / Thank / so / your / help. / for
  24. 24.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / for / you / much / so / your
  25. 25.🚪 What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) sorry (d) umbrella
  26. 26.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) please (c) water (d) book
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  28. 28.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  29. 29.📕 What is this? (a) sorry (b) umbrella (c) window (d) book
  30. 30.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) phone (d) help
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / you / Thank / your / so / help. / much
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  33. 33.🆘 What is this? (a) phone (b) sorry (c) help (d) water
  34. 34.🧂 What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) window (d) pen
  35. 35.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / help. / your / much / you / Thank / so
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / Thank / so / you / much / for / help.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: so / help. / much / for / your / you / Thank
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / borrow / I

Answer key

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

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