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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 60 · 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.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) door (d) help
  2. 2.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?
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  4. 4.🚪 What is this? (a) water (b) door (c) please (d) window
  5. 5.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  6. 6.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  7. 7.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / borrow / your
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  9. 9.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) sorry (c) please (d) window
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  11. 11.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  12. 12.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  13. 13.Make a sentence: you / so / for / help. / much / Thank / your
  14. 14.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  15. 15.🖊️ What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) water (d) salt
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Thank / for / so / your / help. / you / much
  17. 17.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  18. 18.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  19. 19.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: you / help. / your / much / for / Thank / so
  21. 21.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / I / borrow
  22. 22.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  23. 23.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  24. 24.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / I / your
  26. 26.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  28. 28.Make a sentence: your / for / Thank / help. / much / you / so
  29. 29.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / borrow / I
  30. 30.☂️ What is this? (a) help (b) door (c) umbrella (d) please
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / you / much / your / help. / for / Thank
  32. 32.🪟 What is this? (a) book (b) window (c) salt (d) please
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / I / borrow
  34. 34.Make a sentence: much / Thank / for / your / so / you / help.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: you / so / much / for / help. / your / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: help. / for / so / you / your / Thank / much
  39. 39.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  40. 40.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow

Answer key

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

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