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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 769 · 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 “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  2. 2.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  3. 3.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  4. 4.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) water (c) door (d) help
  5. 5.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  7. 7.🖊️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) salt (c) water (d) pen
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  9. 9.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: you / Thank / much / for / so / help. / your
  12. 12.Make a sentence: so / your / you / Thank / help. / much / for
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  14. 14.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  16. 16.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
  18. 18.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  19. 19.🙏 What is this? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) please (d) pen
  20. 20.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  21. 21.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  22. 22.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  23. 23.Make a sentence: your / Thank / much / for / help. / you / so
  24. 24.😔 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) umbrella (d) phone
  25. 25.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?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / pen? / May / I / borrow
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / I / pen?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / I / borrow
  29. 29.☎️ What is this? (a) door (b) water (c) phone (d) window
  30. 30.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  31. 31.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Thank / much / you / so / for / your / help.
  33. 33.🆘 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) help (c) phone (d) window
  34. 34.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / I / May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / Thank / you / for / your / help. / much
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  37. 37.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) pen (c) salt (d) phone
  38. 38.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  39. 39.🪟 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) phone (d) salt
  40. 40.Make a sentence: so / much / you / Thank / for / your / help.

Answer key

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

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