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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 921 · 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 come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  2. 2.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
  3. 3.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  4. 4.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) help (c) window (d) water
  5. 5.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  6. 6.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) window (c) book (d) please
  7. 7.🧂 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) salt (d) sorry
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  9. 9.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) please (d) sorry
  10. 10.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  13. 13.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  14. 14.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  16. 16.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  17. 17.🪟 What is this? (a) phone (b) umbrella (c) window (d) sorry
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / so / your / help. / much
  20. 20.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  21. 21.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  22. 22.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) pen (d) sorry
  23. 23.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
  24. 24.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May
  25. 25.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
  26. 26.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow
  27. 27.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) please (d) phone
  28. 28.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  29. 29.Make a sentence: you / much / help. / for / Thank / your / so
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
  31. 31.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  32. 32.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  33. 33.🖊️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) help (c) please (d) pen
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / you / much / help. / so / for / Thank
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
  37. 37.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) Could you open the door, please?
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Thank / your / help. / you / much / for / so
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / so / Thank / help. / for / you / much
  40. 40.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May

Answer key

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

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