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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 934 · 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.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) Thank you so much for your help.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  3. 3.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  4. 4.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  6. 6.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  7. 7.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  8. 8.☎️ What is this? (a) umbrella (b) phone (c) door (d) pen
  9. 9.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  10. 10.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  11. 11.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  12. 12.Make a sentence: much / you / help. / for / Thank / your / so
  13. 13.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  14. 14.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?
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  16. 16.😔 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) salt (c) sorry (d) window
  17. 17.🚪 What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) salt (d) help
  18. 18.Make a sentence: so / much / you / help. / your / for / Thank
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / your / help. / Thank / so / you / much
  20. 20.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  21. 21.Make a sentence: May / pen? / I / your / borrow
  22. 22.Make a sentence: so / your / Thank / for / much / you / help.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: you / for / help. / your / much / so / Thank
  24. 24.Make a sentence: much / your / Thank / you / so / help. / for
  25. 25.🙏 What is this? (a) please (b) umbrella (c) window (d) phone
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / Thank / much / help. / you / so / your
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: much / your / so / help. / for / Thank / you
  29. 29.Make a sentence: so / your / for / you / help. / much / Thank
  30. 30.🪟 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) pen (c) window (d) phone
  31. 31.Make a sentence: so / help. / you / much / your / Thank / for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / I / May
  33. 33.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: much / help. / so / for / you / Thank / your
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Thank / so / your / help. / you / for / much
  36. 36.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / I / your
  37. 37.🧂 What is this? (a) please (b) sorry (c) salt (d) window
  38. 38.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  39. 39.Make a sentence: much / your / help. / so / for / Thank / you
  40. 40.🖊️ What is this? (a) please (b) window (c) sorry (d) pen

Answer key

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

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