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Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 531 · 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.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  4. 4.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  5. 5.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
  6. 6.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / I / borrow
  7. 7.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  9. 9.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  10. 10.Make a sentence: so / help. / Thank / you / much / for / your
  11. 11.☎️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) phone (d) salt
  12. 12.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  13. 13.🖊️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) water (c) pen (d) help
  14. 14.Make a sentence: your / for / so / help. / much / you / Thank
  15. 15.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  18. 18.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  19. 19.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  20. 20.🙏 What is this? (a) book (b) sorry (c) phone (d) please
  21. 21.Make a sentence: you / Thank / help. / so / your / for / much
  22. 22.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  23. 23.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  24. 24.🧂 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) water (d) salt
  25. 25.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  27. 27.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: for / so / much / your / Thank / you / help.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
  30. 30.🚪 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) book (d) water
  31. 31.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) pen (c) sorry (d) window
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / much / for / you / help. / so / Thank
  33. 33.☂️ What is this? (a) book (b) umbrella (c) please (d) help
  34. 34.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) pen (c) book (d) window
  35. 35.Make a sentence: much / help. / you / for / Thank / your / so
  36. 36.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Thank / you / help. / much / for / your / so
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / help. / so / your / Thank / you / much
  40. 40.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry

Answer key

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

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