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Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 746 · 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.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  2. 2.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / I / your
  3. 3.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  4. 4.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  5. 5.🚪 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) salt (c) sorry (d) door
  6. 6.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) Could you open the door, please?
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  8. 8.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  10. 10.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  11. 11.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) salt (c) phone (d) window
  12. 12.Make a sentence: you / for / help. / much / your / Thank / so
  13. 13.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  14. 14.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Thank / your / for / much / so / help. / you
  17. 17.Make a sentence: much / you / your / so / for / help. / Thank
  18. 18.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  19. 19.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  20. 20.☎️ What is this? (a) book (b) phone (c) sorry (d) window
  21. 21.🆘 What is this? (a) window (b) phone (c) pen (d) help
  22. 22.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / May / your
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  25. 25.Make a sentence: help. / so / for / much / your / you / Thank
  26. 26.🚰 What is this? (a) help (b) water (c) sorry (d) umbrella
  27. 27.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  28. 28.Make a sentence: so / for / help. / your / you / much / Thank
  29. 29.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  30. 30.Make a sentence: you / for / so / Thank / your / help. / much
  31. 31.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) window (c) help (d) phone
  32. 32.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) water (d) window
  33. 33.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: you / for / help. / your / so / Thank / much
  36. 36.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Thank / so / help. / your / much / for / you
  38. 38.🙏 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) door (c) please (d) book
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / Thank / for / much / so / you / help.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / May / your

Answer key

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

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