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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 576 · 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.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  2. 2.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  3. 3.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) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  5. 5.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  6. 6.Make a sentence: help. / your / much / so / Thank / for / you
  7. 7.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  8. 8.Make a sentence: much / Thank / for / so / you / help. / your
  9. 9.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / for / your / so / much / you
  11. 11.Make a sentence: your / help. / for / so / you / much / Thank
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  13. 13.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) Could you open the door, please?
  14. 14.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  15. 15.☎️ What is this? (a) water (b) sorry (c) window (d) phone
  16. 16.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?
  17. 17.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) phone (d) book
  18. 18.Make a sentence: May / I / borrow / pen? / your
  19. 19.🧂 What is this? (a) sorry (b) please (c) salt (d) window
  20. 20.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  21. 21.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  22. 22.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / for / you / so / much
  23. 23.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / help. / so / much / you / for / Thank
  25. 25.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  27. 27.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  28. 28.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?
  29. 29.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  30. 30.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / your / help. / Thank / much / you / for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / borrow / your
  33. 33.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / May / your
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / your / help. / much / Thank / so / you
  35. 35.Make a sentence: your / you / so / much / help. / for / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  37. 37.Make a sentence: so / help. / much / Thank / your / for / you
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / your / May
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / your / you / much / so / Thank / help.
  40. 40.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) book (c) door (d) sorry

Answer key

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

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