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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 732 · 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) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  2. 2.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  3. 3.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  4. 4.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) pen (d) please
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  6. 6.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  7. 7.📕 What is this? (a) salt (b) water (c) pen (d) book
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  9. 9.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  10. 10.Make a sentence: May / I / your / pen? / borrow
  11. 11.Make a sentence: your / Thank / so / you / for / help. / much
  12. 12.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  13. 13.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  14. 14.Make a sentence: help. / so / your / Thank / much / for / you
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: for / your / Thank / so / you / help. / much
  17. 17.🚰 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) please (d) help
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / your / borrow
  19. 19.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  20. 20.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  21. 21.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow
  22. 22.Make a sentence: help. / so / Thank / your / for / much / you
  23. 23.Make a sentence: you / your / for / help. / Thank / much / so
  24. 24.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  25. 25.Make a sentence: you / your / Thank / so / help. / much / for
  26. 26.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  27. 27.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / your / for / Thank / so
  28. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  29. 29.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / pen? / your
  30. 30.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / your / pen?
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / much / so / you / help. / Thank / your
  33. 33.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  34. 34.Make a sentence: help. / your / for / so / Thank / much / you
  35. 35.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / your / I
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / so / for / help. / your / Thank / much
  37. 37.☂️ What is this? (a) phone (b) umbrella (c) pen (d) please
  38. 38.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  39. 39.🆘 What is this? (a) book (b) sorry (c) window (d) help
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?

Answer key

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

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