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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 61 · 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 “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. 2.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  3. 3.🚪 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) please (c) book (d) door
  4. 4.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  5. 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. 6.Make a sentence: so / much / Thank / help. / for / you / your
  7. 7.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  8. 8.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  9. 9.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  10. 10.Make a sentence: much / so / Thank / for / help. / you / your
  11. 11.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  12. 12.Make a sentence: much / for / so / help. / your / you / Thank
  13. 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. 14.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / May / borrow
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / I / pen?
  16. 16.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  17. 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. 18.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  19. 19.☂️ What is this? (a) window (b) pen (c) salt (d) umbrella
  20. 20.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  21. 21.🆘 What is this? (a) pen (b) window (c) book (d) help
  22. 22.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  23. 23.☎️ What is this? (a) please (b) pen (c) phone (d) window
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / Thank / for / you / so / much / help.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: your / you / help. / so / Thank / much / for
  29. 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. 30.Make a sentence: your / help. / so / you / for / much / Thank
  31. 31.🪟 What is this? (a) pen (b) please (c) umbrella (d) window
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  33. 33.Make a sentence: so / for / Thank / much / help. / your / you
  34. 34.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  35. 35.Make a sentence: help. / much / so / for / Thank / you / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Thank / your / you / much / help. / for / so
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / I / borrow
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  39. 39.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / your / much / you / Thank / help. / so

Answer key

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

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