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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 776 · 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: your / borrow / pen? / I / May
  2. 2.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?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  4. 4.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  5. 5.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  8. 8.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: for / so / much / Thank / you / your / help.
  11. 11.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  12. 12.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  13. 13.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) help (d) umbrella
  14. 14.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) borrow (c) lend
  15. 15.😔 What is this? (a) pen (b) sorry (c) please (d) water
  16. 16.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lending (c) lend
  17. 17.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / much / so / for / your / you
  19. 19.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  20. 20.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) phone (c) book (d) umbrella
  21. 21.☎️ What is this? (a) pen (b) sorry (c) umbrella (d) phone
  22. 22.Make a sentence: you / so / Thank / your / much / help. / for
  23. 23.Make a sentence: help. / much / so / your / you / Thank / for
  24. 24.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  25. 25.Make a sentence: so / you / for / your / help. / much / Thank
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  28. 28.Make a sentence: so / much / you / for / help. / Thank / your
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / you / so / your / help. / much / Thank
  31. 31.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / May / your
  32. 32.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) salt (c) phone (d) window
  33. 33.🚪 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) water (d) sorry
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Thank / you / help. / much / so / your / for
  35. 35.🚰 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) water (d) window
  36. 36.Make a sentence: so / for / much / you / your / help. / Thank
  37. 37.Make a sentence: much / so / for / you / your / Thank / help.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / borrow / I
  39. 39.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  40. 40.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) Can you pass me the salt, please?

Answer key

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

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