Polite Words and Requests Worksheet
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.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
- 2.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) borrowing (c) lend
- 3.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
- 4.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) help (c) window (d) water
- 5.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
- 6.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) window (c) book (d) please
- 7.🧂 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) salt (d) sorry
- 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.☂️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) water (c) please (d) sorry
- 10.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
- 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.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.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
- 14.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) of (b) to (c) for
- 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.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
- 17.🪟 What is this? (a) phone (b) umbrella (c) window (d) sorry
- 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.Make a sentence: for / Thank / you / so / your / help. / much
- 20.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
- 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.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) pen (d) sorry
- 23.___ you help me, please? (a) Could (b) May (c) Are
- 24.Make a sentence: I / borrow / pen? / your / May
- 25.Make a sentence: May / your / borrow / pen? / I
- 26.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow
- 27.🙏 What is this? (a) door (b) book (c) please (d) phone
- 28.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
- 29.Make a sentence: you / much / help. / for / Thank / your / so
- 30.Make a sentence: your / pen? / I / May / borrow
- 31.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
- 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.🖊️ What is this? (a) sorry (b) help (c) please (d) pen
- 34.Make a sentence: your / you / much / help. / so / for / Thank
- 35.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
- 36.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / May / pen?
- 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.Make a sentence: Thank / your / help. / you / much / for / so
- 39.Make a sentence: your / so / Thank / help. / for / you / much
- 40.Make a sentence: borrow / your / pen? / I / May
Answer key
- May
- borrow
- lend
- phone
- May I borrow your pen?
- water
- salt
- May I borrow your pen?
- umbrella
- welcome
- Can you pass me the salt, please?
- Could you open the door, please?
- May I borrow your pen?
- for
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- window
- Excuse me, may I ask a question?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- sorry
- May I have some water, please?
- help
- Could
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- please
- May I borrow your pen?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- pen
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
- May I borrow your pen?
- Excuse me, may I ask a question?
- Thank you so much for your help.
- Thank you so much for your help.
- May I borrow your pen?
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