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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 645 · 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.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  3. 3.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  4. 4.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  6. 6.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / your / I
  7. 7.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  9. 9.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / I / May
  10. 10.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  11. 11.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  12. 12.☂️ What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) umbrella (d) please
  13. 13.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  14. 14.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) salt (c) water (d) pen
  15. 15.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  16. 16.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Am (c) Do
  17. 17.🧂 What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) sorry (d) salt
  18. 18.🖊️ What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) sorry (d) salt
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / Thank / help. / you / for / so / much
  20. 20.Make a sentence: your / Thank / for / so / much / you / help.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: for / so / Thank / much / your / you / help.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: much / for / your / so / help. / you / Thank
  23. 23.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / pen? / your
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  28. 28.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  29. 29.🚪 What is this? (a) water (b) help (c) door (d) sorry
  30. 30.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  32. 32.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) umbrella (d) help
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / your / much / you / so / help. / Thank
  34. 34.🚰 What is this? (a) book (b) please (c) sorry (d) water
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / borrow / May
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  37. 37.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / pen? / your
  39. 39.Make a sentence: you / help. / so / your / much / Thank / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / so / Thank / your / much / you / help.

Answer key

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

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