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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 607 · 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.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  3. 3.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) water (d) phone
  4. 4.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  5. 5.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  6. 6.Make a sentence: you / help. / for / Thank / so / your / much
  7. 7.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  8. 8.☎️ What is this? (a) salt (b) umbrella (c) phone (d) please
  9. 9.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) Could you open the door, please?
  10. 10.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  11. 11.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  12. 12.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  13. 13.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  14. 14.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) salt (c) sorry (d) door
  15. 15.Make a sentence: for / you / much / Thank / so / your / help.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / May / your
  18. 18.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / your / for / so / much / you
  20. 20.Make a sentence: so / your / for / Thank / you / help. / much
  21. 21.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  22. 22.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: you / much / for / help. / so / your / Thank
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / you / your / help. / much / so / Thank
  25. 25.Make a sentence: May / I / borrow / pen? / your
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  27. 27.☂️ What is this? (a) window (b) salt (c) book (d) umbrella
  28. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  29. 29.Make a sentence: your / Thank / so / you / much / help. / for
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  32. 32.Make a sentence: help. / your / you / Thank / so / much / for
  33. 33.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / May / your
  36. 36.🚪 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) salt (d) sorry
  37. 37.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / I / pen?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: for / much / your / so / Thank / help. / you
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  40. 40.Make a sentence: help. / much / for / you / your / Thank / so

Answer key

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