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