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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 539 · 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.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  2. 2.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / your / May
  3. 3.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  4. 4.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  5. 5.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  7. 7.🚰 What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) salt (d) book
  8. 8.🆘 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) door (c) pen (d) help
  9. 9.☎️ What is this? (a) pen (b) phone (c) please (d) salt
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  12. 12.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Thank / you / for / so / help. / your / much
  14. 14.🧂 What is this? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) salt (d) please
  15. 15.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Thank / you / for / help. / so / your / much
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  18. 18.😔 What is this? (a) salt (b) please (c) sorry (d) help
  19. 19.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / I / your
  20. 20.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  21. 21.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: you / for / much / so / help. / Thank / your
  23. 23.Make a sentence: you / so / your / Thank / much / help. / for
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / for / so / Thank / much / you / help.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / I / your
  26. 26.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  27. 27.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  29. 29.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  30. 30.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  31. 31.Make a sentence: May / I / borrow / pen? / your
  32. 32.Make a sentence: so / you / Thank / help. / much / for / your
  33. 33.Make a sentence: so / you / Thank / your / for / help. / much
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Thank / so / your / you / help. / for / much
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / Thank / much / your / help. / for / so
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / much / for / help. / you / so / Thank
  38. 38.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / for / so / your / Thank
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / Thank / so / much / your / you / help.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: so / for / much / help. / Thank / you / your

Answer key

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

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