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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 655 · 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.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  2. 2.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  3. 3.🙏 What is this? (a) sorry (b) please (c) phone (d) salt
  4. 4.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) May I borrow your pen?
  5. 5.Make a sentence: much / so / Thank / your / help. / for / you
  6. 6.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  7. 7.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / May / pen?
  9. 9.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
  10. 10.😔 What is this? (a) salt (b) please (c) sorry (d) window
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  12. 12.🚰 What is this? (a) salt (b) umbrella (c) help (d) water
  13. 13.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) water (d) salt
  14. 14.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  15. 15.Make a sentence: Thank / much / your / help. / you / for / so
  16. 16.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  17. 17.Make a sentence: you / much / Thank / for / help. / your / so
  18. 18.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / much / help. / Thank / for / so / you
  20. 20.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) umbrella (c) window (d) please
  21. 21.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  22. 22.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow
  25. 25.🧂 What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) salt (d) umbrella
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  28. 28.Make a sentence: you / for / so / much / help. / Thank / your
  29. 29.📕 What is this? (a) sorry (b) water (c) book (d) phone
  30. 30.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  32. 32.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  33. 33.🚪 What is this? (a) sorry (b) book (c) salt (d) door
  34. 34.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  35. 35.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: so / much / for / help. / Thank / your / you
  37. 37.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / pen? / your
  38. 38.🖊️ What is this? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) pen (d) book
  39. 39.Make a sentence: help. / your / for / so / Thank / you / much
  40. 40.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please

Answer key

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

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