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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 541 · 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.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  2. 2.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  3. 3.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?
  4. 4.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) window (d) umbrella
  5. 5.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) phone (c) door (d) pen
  6. 6.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) help (c) door (d) window
  7. 7.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  8. 8.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / pen? / your
  9. 9.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  10. 10.🪟 What is this? (a) phone (b) sorry (c) book (d) window
  11. 11.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / Thank / your / much / for
  12. 12.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  13. 13.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) May I have some water, please?
  14. 14.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  16. 16.Make a sentence: so / help. / much / for / you / Thank / your
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  18. 18.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  19. 19.Make a sentence: much / help. / so / for / Thank / your / you
  20. 20.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Thank / for / help. / your / so / you / much
  22. 22.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  23. 23.Make a sentence: so / you / help. / for / Thank / your / much
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / you / for / help. / so / much / Thank
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Thank / much / you / your / so / help. / for
  26. 26.🆘 What is this? (a) phone (b) help (c) water (d) salt
  27. 27.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  30. 30.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  31. 31.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: help. / your / so / you / Thank / much / for
  33. 33.📕 What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) umbrella (d) book
  34. 34.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / I / borrow
  35. 35.Make a sentence: your / help. / Thank / you / so / much / for
  36. 36.Make a sentence: help. / you / so / your / Thank / much / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / May / I / borrow / pen?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: you / so / your / Thank / much / for / help.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: help. / for / your / you / much / Thank / so

Answer key

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

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