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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 861 · 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.”

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

Answer key

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

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