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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 661 · 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.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  2. 2.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  3. 3.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  5. 5.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  6. 6.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  7. 7.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  9. 9.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / your / borrow
  10. 10.Make a sentence: for / help. / you / Thank / much / so / your
  11. 11.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  12. 12.🪟 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) help (d) window
  13. 13.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  14. 14.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  15. 15.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / for / your / so / much / you
  17. 17.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) pen (c) door (d) please
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  20. 20.Make a sentence: your / you / so / help. / much / Thank / for
  21. 21.📕 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) water (d) book
  22. 22.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  23. 23.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / your / May
  24. 24.☎️ What is this? (a) book (b) phone (c) door (d) pen
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I have some water, please?
  26. 26.🆘 What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) sorry (d) water
  27. 27.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) window (c) umbrella (d) please
  28. 28.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Thank / you / for / so / much / your / help.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  32. 32.🚪 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) door (d) please
  33. 33.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / Thank / you / for / your
  34. 34.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / I / your
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / pen? / your
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / you / much / so / your / Thank / help.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow
  38. 38.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
  39. 39.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  40. 40.Make a sentence: so / your / Thank / for / you / much / help.

Answer key

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

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