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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 635 · 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 “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: much / Thank / you / so / for / your / help.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  5. 5.Make a sentence: much / Thank / you / so / for / help. / your
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  7. 7.🧂 What is this? (a) water (b) salt (c) phone (d) book
  8. 8.🆘 What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) pen (d) water
  9. 9.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  10. 10.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  11. 11.Make a sentence: so / much / Thank / your / for / you / help.
  12. 12.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  14. 14.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  15. 15.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  16. 16.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  17. 17.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  20. 20.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Thank / much / your / you / so / help. / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: help. / much / Thank / so / your / you / for
  23. 23.Make a sentence: so / your / you / much / help. / Thank / for
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / for / Thank / you / much / help. / so
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Thank / for / you / your / so / help. / much
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / your / Thank / for / so / help. / much
  27. 27.☂️ What is this? (a) salt (b) umbrella (c) help (d) window
  28. 28.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  29. 29.🙏 What is this? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) please (d) phone
  30. 30.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / your / I
  31. 31.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?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / for / Thank / much / your
  33. 33.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) please (d) book
  34. 34.Make a sentence: help. / you / for / Thank / your / much / so
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / May / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  37. 37.Make a sentence: you / Thank / for / much / your / help. / so
  38. 38.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) water (c) book (d) window
  39. 39.🖊️ What is this? (a) salt (b) pen (c) sorry (d) window
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / your / much / Thank / help. / you / so

Answer key

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

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