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Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 938 · 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.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  2. 2.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  3. 3.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) lend (c) borrow
  4. 4.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  5. 5.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / pen? / May
  6. 6.Make a sentence: help. / much / you / Thank / your / so / for
  7. 7.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / I / your
  8. 8.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  9. 9.Make a sentence: so / your / much / you / for / help. / Thank
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  11. 11.🧂 What is this? (a) pen (b) salt (c) sorry (d) help
  12. 12.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  13. 13.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  14. 14.📕 What is this? (a) phone (b) help (c) sorry (d) book
  15. 15.Make a sentence: your / I / May / pen? / borrow
  16. 16.☎️ What is this? (a) please (b) door (c) pen (d) phone
  17. 17.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?
  18. 18.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  19. 19.Make a sentence: your / pen? / borrow / May / I
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  21. 21.🪟 What is this? (a) window (b) pen (c) door (d) help
  22. 22.Make a sentence: so / help. / Thank / your / you / much / for
  23. 23.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / May / I
  24. 24.Make a sentence: much / for / help. / your / you / Thank / so
  25. 25.🚪 What is this? (a) sorry (b) salt (c) door (d) window
  26. 26.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / I / May
  27. 27.Make a sentence: much / Thank / for / so / your / help. / you
  28. 28.🆘 What is this? (a) phone (b) door (c) help (d) water
  29. 29.Make a sentence: so / your / much / help. / you / for / Thank
  30. 30.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  31. 31.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  32. 32.🖊️ What is this? (a) salt (b) pen (c) sorry (d) phone
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  34. 34.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  35. 35.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May
  36. 36.Make a sentence: so / Thank / much / you / your / for / help.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  38. 38.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  39. 39.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / I / May / your
  40. 40.🚰 What is this? (a) please (b) water (c) help (d) sorry

Answer key

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

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