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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 871 · 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 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?
  2. 2.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / I / May
  3. 3.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) for (c) to
  4. 4.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  5. 5.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  8. 8.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  9. 9.Make a sentence: your / you / help. / Thank / so / much / for
  10. 10.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  11. 11.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  12. 12.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) pen (c) help (d) umbrella
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / your / I
  15. 15.Make a sentence: much / help. / so / your / you / Thank / for
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: much / you / for / help. / Thank / so / your
  18. 18.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / I / pen?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
  20. 20.Make a sentence: much / so / you / help. / for / Thank / your
  21. 21.☂️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) umbrella (c) window (d) pen
  22. 22.Make a sentence: for / your / much / help. / Thank / so / you
  23. 23.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / May / borrow
  24. 24.🚪 What is this? (a) window (b) door (c) phone (d) salt
  25. 25.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / much / your / so / help. / Thank / for
  27. 27.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / you / your / Thank / for
  28. 28.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  29. 29.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / for / your / Thank / much
  30. 30.🖊️ What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) pen (d) book
  31. 31.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  33. 33.Make a sentence: so / your / for / much / Thank / help. / you
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / much / you / Thank / your / help. / so
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / Thank / you / your / for / much / help.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Thank / so / you / for / your / help. / much
  37. 37.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  38. 38.Make a sentence: help. / your / you / Thank / much / for / so
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / your / May / I / pen?
  40. 40.Make a sentence: so / for / much / Thank / your / help. / you

Answer key

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