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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 773 · 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.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / I / May
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) Do (c) May
  5. 5.Make a sentence: you / Thank / help. / so / much / your / for
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  7. 7.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  9. 9.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  10. 10.🪟 What is this? (a) book (b) window (c) salt (d) please
  11. 11.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  12. 12.📕 What is this? (a) phone (b) window (c) book (d) salt
  13. 13.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / May / pen?
  14. 14.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / I / pen?
  15. 15.🖊️ What is this? (a) please (b) window (c) pen (d) door
  16. 16.🚪 What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) book (d) water
  17. 17.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  18. 18.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  19. 19.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) Thank you so much for your help.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  21. 21.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  22. 22.Make a sentence: for / your / help. / Thank / much / so / you
  23. 23.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  24. 24.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / May / your / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / I / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: help. / much / for / your / Thank / so / you
  28. 28.☎️ What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) phone (d) please
  29. 29.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  30. 30.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  31. 31.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  32. 32.Make a sentence: you / help. / much / for / so / your / Thank
  33. 33.🆘 What is this? (a) window (b) pen (c) umbrella (d) help
  34. 34.Make a sentence: much / help. / for / you / so / your / Thank
  35. 35.Make a sentence: much / for / help. / so / Thank / your / you
  36. 36.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / much / your / for / Thank
  37. 37.🚰 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) window (c) help (d) water
  38. 38.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  39. 39.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  40. 40.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I

Answer key

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

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