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