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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 799 · 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 “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  2. 2.🚰 What is this? (a) book (b) pen (c) door (d) water
  3. 3.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  4. 4.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  5. 5.🙏 What is this? (a) phone (b) water (c) please (d) sorry
  6. 6.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) door (d) window
  7. 7.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  8. 8.🆘 What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) door (d) phone
  9. 9.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  10. 10.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  11. 11.🧂 What is this? (a) water (b) book (c) umbrella (d) salt
  12. 12.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) Could you open the door, please?
  13. 13.😔 What is this? (a) please (b) phone (c) sorry (d) help
  14. 14.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) May I borrow your pen?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: for / your / Thank / much / you / help. / so
  16. 16.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / I / borrow
  17. 17.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  18. 18.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: help. / for / so / Thank / your / much / you
  21. 21.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / you / much / your / Thank / so / help.
  24. 24.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  25. 25.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / your / May
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / much / you / help. / your / so / Thank
  27. 27.🖊️ What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) phone (d) pen
  28. 28.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  29. 29.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) water (c) pen (d) please
  30. 30.Make a sentence: I / borrow / May / your / pen?
  31. 31.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / help. / for / you / much / so / Thank
  33. 33.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) help (c) phone (d) book
  34. 34.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  35. 35.Make a sentence: help. / much / so / you / Thank / for / your
  36. 36.📕 What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) book (d) help
  37. 37.Make a sentence: you / Thank / help. / so / for / much / your
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / borrow / May
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Thank / so / much / your / you / help. / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: much / help. / your / you / Thank / for / so

Answer key

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

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