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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 872 · 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.Make a sentence: I / May / your / borrow / pen?
  2. 2.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) May I have some water, please?
  3. 3.🆘 What is this? (a) window (b) salt (c) help (d) door
  4. 4.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  5. 5.Make a sentence: pen? / May / borrow / your / I
  6. 6.Make a sentence: Thank / help. / so / you / your / much / for
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  10. 10.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  11. 11.Make a sentence: for / your / so / Thank / help. / much / you
  12. 12.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / your / I
  13. 13.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  14. 14.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  16. 16.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  17. 17.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  19. 19.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  20. 20.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  21. 21.🪟 What is this? (a) salt (b) door (c) sorry (d) window
  22. 22.🙏 What is this? (a) pen (b) water (c) umbrella (d) please
  23. 23.Make a sentence: borrow / May / I / pen? / your
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / so / Thank / help. / much / your / you
  25. 25.Make a sentence: you / so / help. / your / much / for / Thank
  26. 26.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / I / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / help. / much / you / so / for / Thank
  28. 28.😔 What is this? (a) sorry (b) water (c) help (d) salt
  29. 29.Make a sentence: May / your / pen? / borrow / I
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  31. 31.🖊️ What is this? (a) window (b) please (c) sorry (d) pen
  32. 32.🚰 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) water (d) phone
  33. 33.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  34. 34.Make a sentence: help. / Thank / for / much / your / so / you
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / your / help. / Thank / much / you / for
  36. 36.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May
  37. 37.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / pen? / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: so / you / help. / for / much / your / Thank
  39. 39.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / your / borrow
  40. 40.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing

Answer key

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

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