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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 806 · 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.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) door (c) phone (d) umbrella
  2. 2.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  5. 5.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  7. 7.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / I / pen?
  8. 8.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  9. 9.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  10. 10.☎️ What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) phone (d) salt
  11. 11.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  12. 12.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / much / help. / for / your
  14. 14.😔 What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) please (d) phone
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / your / May
  16. 16.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / your / I
  17. 17.🚪 What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) salt (d) door
  18. 18.Make a sentence: much / help. / so / for / your / you / Thank
  19. 19.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) pen (d) window
  20. 20.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / borrow / I
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / borrow / May
  25. 25.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) Could you open the door, please?
  26. 26.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / your / borrow
  27. 27.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  28. 28.Make a sentence: your / so / much / help. / for / you / Thank
  29. 29.🚰 What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) water (d) salt
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Thank / you / so / your / much / help. / for
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  33. 33.Make a sentence: so / you / Thank / help. / for / your / much
  34. 34.🖊️ What is this? (a) pen (b) help (c) door (d) please
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / pen? / I
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / much / so / help. / Thank / your / you
  38. 38.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  39. 39.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) help (c) umbrella (d) door
  40. 40.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / I / borrow

Answer key

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

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