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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 875 · 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.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  2. 2.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  5. 5.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  6. 6.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  7. 7.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  9. 9.🧂 What is this? (a) help (b) book (c) water (d) salt
  10. 10.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  11. 11.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  12. 12.Make a sentence: much / so / help. / Thank / you / for / your
  13. 13.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: borrow / I / your / May / pen?
  16. 16.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / I / borrow
  17. 17.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  18. 18.Make a sentence: for / Thank / much / so / help. / your / you
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / much / help. / your / so / Thank / you
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  21. 21.Make a sentence: so / much / Thank / help. / you / for / your
  22. 22.📕 What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) book (d) umbrella
  23. 23.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  24. 24.Make a sentence: you / help. / for / Thank / so / your / much
  25. 25.🪟 What is this? (a) please (b) pen (c) window (d) phone
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / Thank / for / help. / your / much / so
  27. 27.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) please (d) water
  28. 28.🆘 What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) water (d) umbrella
  29. 29.Make a sentence: much / help. / you / so / Thank / for / your
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / May / borrow / pen? / I
  31. 31.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / help. / so / Thank / much / you / your
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / May / I / pen? / borrow
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: your / for / you / so / help. / much / Thank
  36. 36.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / borrow / your
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Thank / for / help. / your / you / so / much
  39. 39.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / much / your / you / so / help. / Thank

Answer key

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

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