Polite Words and Requests Worksheet
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.”
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
- 2.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) please (d) umbrella
- 3.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
- 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.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
- 6.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
- 7.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
- 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.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.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
- 11.Make a sentence: May / your / I / pen? / borrow
- 12.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
- 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.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
- 15.Make a sentence: much / so / you / Thank / for / your / help.
- 16.Make a sentence: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
- 17.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?
- 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.Make a sentence: your / help. / for / you / Thank / much / so
- 20.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
- 21.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
- 22.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / for / Thank / your / you
- 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.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
- 25.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
- 26.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
- 27.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
- 28.Make a sentence: much / so / your / Thank / help. / you / for
- 29.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
- 30.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
- 31.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow
- 32.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) door (c) please (d) phone
- 33.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
- 34.📕 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) sorry (c) please (d) book
- 35.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
- 36.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
- 37.😔 What is this? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) phone (d) sorry
- 38.Make a sentence: for / your / you / much / so / help. / Thank
- 39.Make a sentence: much / help. / Thank / your / for / so / you
- 40.Make a sentence: for / you / so / help. / Thank / much / your
Answer key
- lend
- please
- May
- Can you pass me the salt, please?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Could
- Could you open the door, please?
- May I borrow your pen?
- welcome
- May I borrow your pen?
- for
- May I have some water, please?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Excuse me, may I ask a question?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- borrow
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- sorry
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- salt
- May I borrow your pen?
- book
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- sorry
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
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