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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 706 · 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) salt (b) umbrella (c) sorry (d) phone
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  3. 3.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  4. 4.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  5. 5.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  6. 6.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  7. 7.Make a sentence: for / help. / so / you / Thank / much / your
  8. 8.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  9. 9.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: for / so / your / Thank / help. / much / you
  11. 11.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  12. 12.Make a sentence: help. / for / Thank / much / you / your / so
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / help. / so / Thank / for / you / much
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  17. 17.🧂 What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) phone (d) water
  18. 18.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / your / May
  19. 19.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) umbrella (d) water
  20. 20.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  21. 21.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) phone (d) book
  22. 22.🚰 What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) please (d) phone
  23. 23.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  25. 25.Make a sentence: so / help. / your / Thank / for / you / much
  26. 26.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  27. 27.🖊️ What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) pen (d) window
  28. 28.Make a sentence: much / your / help. / you / Thank / so / for
  29. 29.☂️ What is this? (a) book (b) salt (c) pen (d) umbrella
  30. 30.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / much / help. / you / so / for / Thank
  32. 32.Make a sentence: so / help. / much / for / Thank / your / you
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / you / so / Thank / much / help. / for
  34. 34.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  35. 35.🚪 What is this? (a) window (b) pen (c) door (d) sorry
  36. 36.Make a sentence: so / help. / Thank / much / your / you / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / you / much / so / Thank / for / help.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / help. / for / much / your
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / May / your / pen? / borrow

Answer key

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

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