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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 659 · 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) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  2. 2.🚪 What is this? (a) water (b) door (c) help (d) window
  3. 3.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  5. 5.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  6. 6.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  7. 7.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / I / your
  8. 8.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  10. 10.🧂 What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) pen (d) sorry
  11. 11.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  12. 12.Make a sentence: for / much / Thank / so / help. / you / your
  13. 13.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) door (d) salt
  14. 14.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / pen? / I
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / borrow / your
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: so / you / your / much / help. / for / Thank
  18. 18.📕 What is this? (a) book (b) phone (c) please (d) help
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  20. 20.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  21. 21.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / so / help. / your / much
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  23. 23.🖊️ What is this? (a) window (b) pen (c) water (d) please
  24. 24.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Thank / your / much / for / help. / so / you
  26. 26.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: I / May / your / pen? / borrow
  28. 28.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / your / you / Thank / much / help. / so
  30. 30.☂️ What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) window (d) umbrella
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / much / your / Thank / for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: help. / much / for / so / you / your / Thank
  33. 33.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / I / pen?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / much / help. / your / you / Thank / so
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: much / help. / so / your / for / you / Thank
  39. 39.Make a sentence: you / your / for / Thank / so / much / help.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: help. / you / Thank / much / for / your / so

Answer key

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

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