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