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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 597 · 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.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / I / pen?
  2. 2.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  3. 3.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  4. 4.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  6. 6.☎️ What is this? (a) water (b) help (c) window (d) phone
  7. 7.🧂 What is this? (a) door (b) sorry (c) salt (d) window
  8. 8.Make a sentence: help. / you / Thank / so / your / for / much
  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) May I have some water, please?
  10. 10.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  11. 11.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) window (c) help (d) phone
  12. 12.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  14. 14.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) phone (d) salt
  15. 15.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  16. 16.Make a sentence: you / help. / your / so / Thank / much / for
  17. 17.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  18. 18.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) sorry (c) water (d) door
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / I / borrow
  20. 20.🙏 What is this? (a) pen (b) book (c) umbrella (d) please
  21. 21.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  22. 22.Make a sentence: much / help. / so / Thank / your / you / for
  23. 23.Make a sentence: so / Thank / you / your / much / for / help.
  24. 24.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  25. 25.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  26. 26.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  28. 28.Make a sentence: you / help. / much / your / for / Thank / so
  29. 29.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / May / borrow
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / your / you / help. / much / Thank / so
  31. 31.Make a sentence: you / much / for / help. / Thank / your / so
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / borrow / May
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / I / your
  35. 35.🚰 What is this? (a) please (b) water (c) salt (d) book
  36. 36.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Thank / for / help. / you / much / your / so
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / your / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow

Answer key

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

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