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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 580 · 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) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  2. 2.Make a sentence: so / you / your / Thank / for / much / help.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  4. 4.Make a sentence: so / much / you / for / your / Thank / help.
  5. 5.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  6. 6.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  8. 8.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  9. 9.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) help (c) door (d) sorry
  10. 10.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  11. 11.📕 What is this? (a) please (b) window (c) book (d) water
  12. 12.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / Thank / your / you / for
  13. 13.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  14. 14.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  15. 15.Make a sentence: your / Thank / so / help. / you / much / for
  16. 16.Make a sentence: so / for / help. / your / you / much / Thank
  17. 17.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  19. 19.😔 What is this? (a) phone (b) please (c) sorry (d) help
  20. 20.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  21. 21.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  22. 22.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  24. 24.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  25. 25.Make a sentence: for / much / help. / you / Thank / so / your
  26. 26.🚪 What is this? (a) sorry (b) please (c) umbrella (d) door
  27. 27.Make a sentence: so / help. / much / for / your / Thank / you
  28. 28.Make a sentence: you / much / so / Thank / your / help. / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / much / help. / for / your
  30. 30.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) salt (c) please (d) help
  31. 31.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) phone (c) pen (d) sorry
  32. 32.Make a sentence: so / for / much / your / help. / you / Thank
  33. 33.Make a sentence: you / much / Thank / your / help. / so / for
  34. 34.Make a sentence: much / so / your / for / help. / Thank / you
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / pen? / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Thank / so / your / for / help. / much / you
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / so / much / for / Thank / help. / you
  38. 38.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / borrow / I
  40. 40.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) salt (d) pen

Answer key

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

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