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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 891 · 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.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  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.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  5. 5.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
  6. 6.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  10. 10.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) Could (c) May
  11. 11.☂️ What is this? (a) phone (b) help (c) book (d) umbrella
  12. 12.Make a sentence: your / much / Thank / you / help. / so / for
  13. 13.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / I / May
  14. 14.🪟 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) window (d) water
  15. 15.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  16. 16.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  18. 18.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / borrow / I
  19. 19.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) salt (c) book (d) water
  20. 20.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  21. 21.Make a sentence: I / your / pen? / borrow / May
  22. 22.Make a sentence: May / I / your / borrow / pen?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: you / much / your / so / help. / for / Thank
  24. 24.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  25. 25.😔 What is this? (a) please (b) salt (c) door (d) sorry
  26. 26.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / for / you / much / so
  27. 27.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  28. 28.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) sorry (c) please (d) salt
  29. 29.🖊️ What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) pen (d) salt
  30. 30.Make a sentence: help. / so / for / you / Thank / your / much
  31. 31.Make a sentence: pen? / I / May / borrow / your
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / I / May
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / much / Thank / for / you / so / help.
  34. 34.🆘 What is this? (a) sorry (b) window (c) help (d) salt
  35. 35.Make a sentence: your / Thank / so / for / help. / you / much
  36. 36.Make a sentence: I / pen? / May / borrow / your
  37. 37.📕 What is this? (a) help (b) water (c) phone (d) book
  38. 38.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / for / much / so / you
  39. 39.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  40. 40.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / borrow / May

Answer key

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

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