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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 550 · 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 “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  2. 2.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  3. 3.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  4. 4.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / your / May
  5. 5.🧂 What is this? (a) window (b) salt (c) please (d) help
  6. 6.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May
  7. 7.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  8. 8.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / your / pen?
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  10. 10.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  11. 11.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  12. 12.🚪 What is this? (a) please (b) sorry (c) door (d) book
  13. 13.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  14. 14.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  15. 15.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  16. 16.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  17. 17.😔 What is this? (a) door (b) window (c) sorry (d) book
  18. 18.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?
  19. 19.🙏 What is this? (a) help (b) pen (c) please (d) door
  20. 20.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Thank / your / help. / you / for / so / much
  22. 22.Make a sentence: so / much / Thank / your / you / help. / for
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
  24. 24.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  25. 25.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: much / you / help. / for / so / Thank / your
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Thank / you / help. / so / your / much / for
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  29. 29.Make a sentence: help. / so / your / much / you / Thank / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  31. 31.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / for / you / Thank / much / help. / so
  34. 34.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) book (c) door (d) water
  35. 35.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / for / you / much / so
  36. 36.Make a sentence: so / Thank / help. / you / for / much / your
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Thank / you / for / your / much / help. / so
  39. 39.Make a sentence: you / help. / for / your / much / Thank / so
  40. 40.Make a sentence: much / help. / your / so / you / for / Thank

Answer key

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