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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 939 · 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 am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Can you pass me the salt, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  3. 3.Can you ___ me your book? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) lending
  4. 4.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  5. 5.☂️ What is this? (a) phone (b) water (c) help (d) umbrella
  6. 6.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrow (b) lend (c) borrowing
  7. 7.🪟 What is this? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) pen (d) window
  8. 8.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  9. 9.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Thank / so / your / help. / for / you / much
  11. 11.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) Could you open the door, please?
  12. 12.🚪 What is this? (a) sorry (b) pen (c) door (d) window
  13. 13.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / borrow / May
  14. 14.Make a sentence: May / pen? / borrow / your / I
  15. 15.Make a sentence: May / borrow / pen? / your / I
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  17. 17.☎️ What is this? (a) phone (b) pen (c) please (d) window
  18. 18.🚰 What is this? (a) umbrella (b) phone (c) water (d) please
  19. 19.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) May (c) Am
  20. 20.___ you help me, please? (a) Are (b) May (c) Could
  21. 21.🆘 What is this? (a) phone (b) window (c) help (d) umbrella
  22. 22.Make a sentence: borrow / May / your / I / pen?
  23. 23.Make a sentence: so / for / your / help. / Thank / much / you
  24. 24.Make a sentence: much / so / for / you / your / Thank / help.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / May / I / borrow / your
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / your / for / Thank / much / help. / so
  27. 27.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / your / May / I
  28. 28.Make a sentence: your / you / so / Thank / for / much / help.
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  30. 30.Make a sentence: I / your / May / pen? / borrow
  31. 31.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) please (b) sorry (c) welcome
  32. 32.Make a sentence: borrow / May / pen? / your / I
  33. 33.Make a sentence: your / borrow / May / I / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / your / you / help. / Thank / much / so
  35. 35.📕 What is this? (a) book (b) pen (c) help (d) umbrella
  36. 36.Make a sentence: borrow / your / I / pen? / May
  37. 37.Make a sentence: pen? / your / borrow / May / I
  38. 38.Make a sentence: you / help. / much / your / for / Thank / so
  39. 39.Make a sentence: May / I / pen? / your / borrow
  40. 40.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / your / I

Answer key

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

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