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Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 734 · 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.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  2. 2.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  3. 3.🧂 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) salt (c) pen (d) phone
  4. 4.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  6. 6.😔 What is this? (a) book (b) door (c) sorry (d) help
  7. 7.🖊️ What is this? (a) door (b) salt (c) pen (d) sorry
  8. 8.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Am (c) Do
  9. 9.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  10. 10.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  12. 12.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) window (c) water (d) help
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: much / your / help. / for / you / so / Thank
  16. 16.Make a sentence: help. / much / so / you / Thank / your / for
  17. 17.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / help. / so / much / you / for / Thank
  20. 20.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  21. 21.Make a sentence: you / for / so / much / help. / your / Thank
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / pen? / your
  25. 25.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?
  26. 26.🚪 What is this? (a) pen (b) help (c) sorry (d) door
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / Thank / so / help. / for / you / much
  28. 28.📕 What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) window (d) book
  29. 29.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) window (c) phone (d) sorry
  30. 30.🆘 What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) salt (d) phone
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / so / for / much / you / Thank / help.
  32. 32.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I borrow your pen?
  33. 33.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) to (c) of
  34. 34.Make a sentence: help. / your / so / much / you / Thank / for
  35. 35.🚰 What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) book (d) water
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / your / for / Thank / much
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  39. 39.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / May / pen?
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / pen? / May

Answer key

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

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