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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 582 · 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 “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  2. 2.Make a sentence: for / your / you / so / help. / much / Thank
  3. 3.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  4. 4.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?
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  7. 7.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  8. 8.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  9. 9.Make a sentence: help. / for / so / much / Thank / your / you
  10. 10.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  11. 11.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  12. 12.📕 What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) phone (d) book
  13. 13.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / I / your
  14. 14.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  15. 15.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Thank / so / help. / much / for / you / your
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  18. 18.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  20. 20.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  21. 21.Make a sentence: you / your / Thank / for / much / so / help.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  23. 23.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) door (c) window (d) sorry
  24. 24.Make a sentence: you / Thank / much / for / so / your / help.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / I / borrow
  26. 26.☂️ What is this? (a) please (b) pen (c) sorry (d) umbrella
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / your / I
  28. 28.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  29. 29.Make a sentence: you / for / much / so / Thank / your / help.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Thank / for / so / you / much / your / help.
  31. 31.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) sorry (d) window
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: you / so / for / help. / Thank / your / much
  35. 35.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  36. 36.🖊️ What is this? (a) phone (b) water (c) help (d) pen
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / borrow / your
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / your / help. / for / much
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / pen? / I

Answer key

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

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