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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 699 · 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 “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: so / your / for / Thank / much / you / help.
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  5. 5.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  6. 6.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your
  7. 7.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  8. 8.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) phone (d) book
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  10. 10.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  11. 11.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  12. 12.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  14. 14.Make a sentence: Thank / much / so / for / your / help. / you
  15. 15.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  16. 16.Make a sentence: May / your / I / borrow / pen?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  18. 18.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  19. 19.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  20. 20.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  21. 21.🧂 What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) sorry (d) window
  22. 22.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) umbrella (d) please
  23. 23.📕 What is this? (a) sorry (b) help (c) door (d) book
  24. 24.😔 What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) sorry (d) door
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / your / May
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / Thank / so / you / help. / much / your
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Thank / for / so / your / help. / much / you
  29. 29.Make a sentence: much / your / help. / Thank / so / for / you
  30. 30.Make a sentence: you / for / much / help. / Thank / your / so
  31. 31.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / pen? / I
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / borrow / your
  34. 34.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) umbrella (c) sorry (d) please
  35. 35.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / your / Thank / so / much / you / help.
  37. 37.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) pen (c) window (d) help
  38. 38.Make a sentence: much / so / for / Thank / help. / your / you
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  40. 40.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) please (c) sorry (d) salt

Answer key

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

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