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Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 713 · 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) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  2. 2.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  3. 3.Make a sentence: your / much / you / Thank / for / help. / so
  4. 4.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  5. 5.Make a sentence: for / Thank / much / you / so / your / help.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  7. 7.Make a sentence: so / for / you / your / help. / Thank / much
  8. 8.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / I / pen?
  9. 9.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  10. 10.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  12. 12.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  13. 13.☎️ What is this? (a) window (b) water (c) please (d) phone
  14. 14.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  15. 15.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / borrow / your
  16. 16.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  17. 17.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) help (d) pen
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / I / borrow
  19. 19.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / I / May / your
  20. 20.Make a sentence: your / much / Thank / for / so / you / help.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  22. 22.Make a sentence: much / for / so / your / help. / Thank / you
  23. 23.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) May I borrow your pen?
  24. 24.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  25. 25.📕 What is this? (a) phone (b) please (c) door (d) book
  26. 26.🆘 What is this? (a) sorry (b) umbrella (c) book (d) help
  27. 27.🙏 What is this? (a) book (b) sorry (c) please (d) umbrella
  28. 28.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  29. 29.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) please (d) salt
  30. 30.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / I / borrow
  32. 32.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) please (d) pen
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / for / help. / you / so / much / Thank
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  35. 35.Make a sentence: your / so / for / help. / much / you / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Thank / for / help. / so / your / much / you
  37. 37.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / you / for / Thank / so / help. / much
  39. 39.Make a sentence: you / for / much / so / your / help. / Thank
  40. 40.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?

Answer key

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

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