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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 702 · 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) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  2. 2.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) please (d) umbrella
  3. 3.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  5. 5.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  6. 6.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  7. 7.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  9. 9.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  10. 10.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  11. 11.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
  12. 12.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  13. 13.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  14. 14.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: much / so / you / Thank / for / your / help.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / help. / for / you / Thank / much / so
  20. 20.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  21. 21.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  22. 22.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / for / Thank / your / you
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I have some water, please?
  24. 24.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  27. 27.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  28. 28.Make a sentence: much / so / your / Thank / help. / you / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  30. 30.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow
  32. 32.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) door (c) please (d) phone
  33. 33.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
  34. 34.📕 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) please (d) book
  35. 35.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  36. 36.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  37. 37.😔 What is this? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) phone (d) sorry
  38. 38.Make a sentence: for / your / you / much / so / help. / Thank
  39. 39.Make a sentence: much / help. / Thank / your / for / so / you
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / you / so / help. / Thank / much / your

Answer key

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