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Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 521 · 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 come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  2. 2.🪟 What is this? (a) salt (b) water (c) window (d) book
  3. 3.🧂 What is this? (a) sorry (b) salt (c) phone (d) door
  4. 4.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I have some water, please?
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  8. 8.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  10. 10.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  11. 11.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / I / borrow
  12. 12.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  13. 13.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) window (d) umbrella
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / your / I
  16. 16.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  17. 17.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
  18. 18.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) help (c) sorry (d) water
  19. 19.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  20. 20.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / borrow / May
  21. 21.☎️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) door (c) salt (d) phone
  22. 22.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  23. 23.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) phone (c) book (d) umbrella
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  26. 26.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) sorry (c) help (d) please
  27. 27.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / May / your
  28. 28.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  29. 29.Make a sentence: your / Thank / much / so / you / for / help.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Thank / much / you / so / your / help. / for
  31. 31.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / help. / you / Thank / so / much / your
  33. 33.Make a sentence: help. / for / you / your / so / much / Thank
  34. 34.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?
  37. 37.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) Could you open the door, please?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  39. 39.☎️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) book (c) salt (d) phone
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow

Answer key

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

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