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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 598 · 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 “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?
  2. 2.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) Thank you so much for your help.
  3. 3.Make a sentence: Thank / your / so / you / help. / much / for
  4. 4.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  5. 5.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  6. 6.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  7. 7.Make a sentence: you / your / Thank / for / help. / so / much
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  9. 9.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Thank / for / you / so / much / your / help.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: much / you / help. / so / your / for / Thank
  12. 12.Make a sentence: for / help. / your / Thank / you / much / so
  13. 13.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  14. 14.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  16. 16.🆘 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) help (c) pen (d) salt
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow
  20. 20.Make a sentence: for / so / your / much / help. / Thank / you
  21. 21.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / pen? / I
  22. 22.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / May / your
  23. 23.☂️ What is this? (a) salt (b) umbrella (c) door (d) sorry
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / I / borrow
  25. 25.📕 What is this? (a) help (b) book (c) sorry (d) phone
  26. 26.😔 What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) please (d) sorry
  27. 27.🚰 What is this? (a) pen (b) help (c) umbrella (d) water
  28. 28.Make a sentence: you / Thank / much / your / help. / for / so
  29. 29.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / so / your / you / much / for
  30. 30.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / Thank / so / help. / much / your / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / your / so / Thank / help. / much / you
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  35. 35.Make a sentence: much / for / your / so / help. / you / Thank
  36. 36.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  37. 37.☎️ What is this? (a) help (b) door (c) phone (d) water
  38. 38.Make a sentence: so / your / you / for / Thank / help. / much
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  40. 40.Make a sentence: so / for / you / your / Thank / much / help.

Answer key

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

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