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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 909 · 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: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  3. 3.Make a sentence: you / Thank / so / your / much / help. / for
  4. 4.Make a sentence: Thank / so / help. / for / you / much / your
  5. 5.Make a sentence: you / much / so / for / help. / Thank / your
  6. 6.🚪 What is this? (a) book (b) please (c) door (d) pen
  7. 7.Make a sentence: your / you / much / Thank / help. / for / so
  8. 8.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / I / May
  9. 9.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?
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  12. 12.Make a sentence: I / pen? / borrow / your / May
  13. 13.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) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  14. 14.🚰 What is this? (a) help (b) pen (c) water (d) window
  15. 15.📕 What is this? (a) help (b) window (c) book (d) door
  16. 16.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  17. 17.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
  18. 18.Make a sentence: your / help. / so / Thank / for / much / you
  19. 19.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  20. 20.😔 What is this? (a) book (b) phone (c) please (d) sorry
  21. 21.🙏 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) water (d) book
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Thank / for / so / much / your / you / help.
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  24. 24.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  25. 25.Make a sentence: much / you / for / help. / Thank / your / so
  26. 26.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  27. 27.Make a sentence: help. / for / Thank / your / much / so / you
  28. 28.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  29. 29.Make a sentence: much / for / your / help. / so / Thank / you
  30. 30.Make a sentence: so / help. / much / your / Thank / for / you
  31. 31.Make a sentence: pen? / borrow / your / May / I
  32. 32.☎️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) please (c) phone (d) umbrella
  33. 33.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  34. 34.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  35. 35.🆘 What is this? (a) sorry (b) umbrella (c) help (d) water
  36. 36.Make a sentence: much / Thank / your / so / you / help. / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / May / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: so / help. / your / you / much / Thank / for
  39. 39.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) welcome (c) sorry
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / for / you / so / Thank / much / help.

Answer key

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

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