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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 665 · 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.🙏 What is this? (a) book (b) salt (c) door (d) please
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  3. 3.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  4. 4.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  5. 5.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  6. 6.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  8. 8.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) window (d) please
  9. 9.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  10. 10.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  11. 11.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  12. 12.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) Are (c) May
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  14. 14.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  15. 15.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) May I borrow your pen?
  16. 16.Make a sentence: your / help. / so / much / Thank / you / for
  17. 17.Make a sentence: so / you / much / help. / for / Thank / your
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  19. 19.🚪 What is this? (a) pen (b) door (c) salt (d) window
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  21. 21.☂️ What is this? (a) pen (b) umbrella (c) sorry (d) please
  22. 22.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  23. 23.☎️ What is this? (a) book (b) umbrella (c) please (d) phone
  24. 24.Make a sentence: so / you / Thank / your / much / help. / for
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  26. 26.Make a sentence: much / Thank / for / so / your / you / help.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Thank / for / you / help. / so / your / much
  28. 28.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  29. 29.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  30. 30.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / for / Thank / your / much
  31. 31.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) window (d) water
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / you / much / Thank / so / for / help.
  33. 33.📕 What is this? (a) salt (b) book (c) sorry (d) please
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  35. 35.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / borrow / May
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / help. / your / Thank / much / you / so
  38. 38.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  39. 39.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  40. 40.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) book (c) please (d) help

Answer key

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

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