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Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 644 · 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 “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  6. 6.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  7. 7.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow
  8. 8.Make a sentence: so / your / for / you / much / help. / Thank
  9. 9.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  10. 10.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  11. 11.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  12. 12.📕 What is this? (a) door (b) window (c) pen (d) book
  13. 13.🪟 What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) umbrella (d) window
  14. 14.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  15. 15.Make a sentence: help. / for / so / much / Thank / you / your
  16. 16.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  17. 17.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  18. 18.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  20. 20.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  21. 21.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / borrow / I
  22. 22.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  23. 23.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  24. 24.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  25. 25.🚰 What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) pen (d) water
  26. 26.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / much / so / for / Thank / you / help.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: help. / for / you / so / your / much / Thank
  29. 29.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  30. 30.😔 What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) sorry (d) window
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / your / much / for / help.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: help. / for / much / your / so / you / Thank
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / your / so / much / you / for
  34. 34.🙏 What is this? (a) book (b) please (c) water (d) sorry
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / I / pen?
  36. 36.🆘 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) help (d) phone
  37. 37.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / Thank / your / for / much
  38. 38.🧂 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) phone (d) salt
  39. 39.Make a sentence: so / Thank / much / your / you / for / help.
  40. 40.☂️ What is this? (a) phone (b) sorry (c) book (d) umbrella

Answer key

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

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