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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 581 · 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.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  3. 3.☎️ What is this? (a) help (b) door (c) book (d) phone
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  5. 5.Make a sentence: much / Thank / help. / you / for / so / your
  6. 6.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  8. 8.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?
  9. 9.🙏 What is this? (a) salt (b) please (c) pen (d) water
  10. 10.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  12. 12.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  13. 13.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / I / borrow
  14. 14.🖊️ What is this? (a) please (b) umbrella (c) help (d) pen
  15. 15.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  16. 16.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  17. 17.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  18. 18.Make a sentence: so / help. / your / Thank / for / much / you
  19. 19.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  20. 20.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow
  21. 21.😔 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) door (d) window
  22. 22.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / I / pen?
  23. 23.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  24. 24.Make a sentence: help. / your / so / you / Thank / for / much
  25. 25.Make a sentence: so / help. / for / Thank / your / much / you
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / borrow / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / borrow / your
  28. 28.Make a sentence: you / Thank / so / help. / your / much / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / borrow / your
  30. 30.Make a sentence: I / May / your / pen? / borrow
  31. 31.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) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: much / you / help. / your / for / Thank / so
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Thank / much / your / help. / you / for / so
  34. 34.☂️ What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) umbrella (d) book
  35. 35.Make a sentence: you / much / help. / your / Thank / for / so
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  37. 37.Make a sentence: so / much / you / your / Thank / for / help.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  39. 39.Make a sentence: much / so / for / Thank / help. / you / your
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow

Answer key

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

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