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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 689 · 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.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  3. 3.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  4. 4.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  5. 5.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  6. 6.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  7. 7.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / May / pen?
  10. 10.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / I / May
  12. 12.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  13. 13.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) window (d) pen
  14. 14.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?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  16. 16.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  17. 17.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  18. 18.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  19. 19.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  20. 20.Make a sentence: you / your / Thank / help. / so / for / much
  21. 21.Make a sentence: help. / your / for / so / Thank / much / you
  22. 22.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: much / Thank / your / help. / so / for / you
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Thank / so / for / much / your / help. / you
  29. 29.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / your / I
  30. 30.🪟 What is this? (a) salt (b) window (c) please (d) sorry
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / much / your / help. / Thank / you / for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Thank / for / your / you / so / help. / much
  33. 33.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) water (d) window
  34. 34.🆘 What is this? (a) door (b) sorry (c) help (d) please
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  36. 36.Make a sentence: much / so / your / for / Thank / you / help.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / pen? / May
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  39. 39.Make a sentence: May / I / borrow / pen? / your
  40. 40.🖊️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) pen (c) help (d) sorry

Answer key

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

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