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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 548 · 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 “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  2. 2.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  3. 3.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / your / pen?
  4. 4.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  5. 5.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / I / borrow
  6. 6.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  7. 7.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  8. 8.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  9. 9.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  11. 11.🖊️ What is this? (a) window (b) pen (c) door (d) help
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  13. 13.Make a sentence: help. / much / Thank / you / for / so / your
  14. 14.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  15. 15.Make a sentence: help. / your / so / Thank / much / you / for
  16. 16.Make a sentence: your / for / Thank / so / much / help. / you
  17. 17.Make a sentence: your / for / help. / so / Thank / much / you
  18. 18.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / borrow / your
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  20. 20.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
  21. 21.☂️ What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) umbrella (d) book
  22. 22.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  23. 23.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  24. 24.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) salt (c) door (d) please
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  26. 26.Make a sentence: so / Thank / you / for / your / much / help.
  27. 27.🪟 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) help (d) pen
  28. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  29. 29.🙏 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) water (d) please
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / much / help. / Thank / you / for / your
  32. 32.🆘 What is this? (a) pen (b) door (c) help (d) umbrella
  33. 33.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) help (d) phone
  34. 34.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / your / I
  35. 35.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / borrow / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / help. / your / much / for / Thank / so
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  38. 38.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  39. 39.📕 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) book (d) help
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow

Answer key

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

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