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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 540 · 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.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  2. 2.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  3. 3.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  4. 4.Make a sentence: you / so / much / Thank / for / help. / your
  5. 5.🖊️ What is this? (a) book (b) phone (c) pen (d) sorry
  6. 6.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  7. 7.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  8. 8.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  9. 9.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  10. 10.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / May / pen?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / May / your
  12. 12.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  13. 13.🚪 What is this? (a) please (b) water (c) door (d) umbrella
  14. 14.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  15. 15.🆘 What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) help (d) please
  16. 16.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  17. 17.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  18. 18.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) please (d) umbrella
  19. 19.📕 What is this? (a) book (b) umbrella (c) water (d) pen
  20. 20.🚰 What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) please (d) water
  21. 21.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) help (d) book
  22. 22.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  23. 23.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) Could you open the door, please?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / so / help. / you / Thank / for / much
  25. 25.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / help. / Thank / so / for / much / your
  27. 27.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  28. 28.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  29. 29.Make a sentence: so / for / your / help. / much / Thank / you
  30. 30.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  31. 31.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / Thank / you / help. / so / much / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / I / pen?
  35. 35.Make a sentence: your / much / help. / you / for / so / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: help. / your / for / Thank / you / so / much
  37. 37.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  38. 38.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Thank / so / your / for / help. / much / you
  40. 40.🧂 What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) pen (d) phone

Answer key

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

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