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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 735 · 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.”

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

Answer key

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

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