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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 945 · 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.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lending (b) borrow (c) lend
  2. 2.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  3. 3.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  4. 4.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / May / pen?
  5. 5.📕 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) door (d) book
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) May I have some water, please?
  7. 7.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?
  8. 8.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) for (b) of (c) to
  9. 9.🆘 What is this? (a) help (b) book (c) phone (d) please
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?
  12. 12.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / May / borrow
  13. 13.Make a sentence: much / your / Thank / help. / you / so / for
  14. 14.Make a sentence: you / so / much / Thank / your / help. / for
  15. 15.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Am (b) May (c) Do
  16. 16.Make a sentence: borrow / I / May / your / pen?
  17. 17.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  18. 18.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  19. 19.Make a sentence: you / your / help. / for / Thank / much / so
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  21. 21.☎️ What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) phone (d) book
  22. 22.Make a sentence: your / I / borrow / May / pen?
  23. 23.🖊️ What is this? (a) window (b) sorry (c) salt (d) pen
  24. 24.Make a sentence: your / borrow / pen? / I / May
  25. 25.🚰 What is this? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) door (d) salt
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / Thank / much / so / you / help. / your
  27. 27.☂️ What is this? (a) salt (b) phone (c) umbrella (d) please
  28. 28.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) welcome (b) please (c) sorry
  29. 29.🧂 What is this? (a) salt (b) sorry (c) help (d) water
  30. 30.Make a sentence: your / help. / Thank / you / for / much / so
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Thank you so much for your help. (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Excuse me, may I ask a question?
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / your / borrow
  33. 33.Make a sentence: so / Thank / help. / your / for / much / you
  34. 34.Make a sentence: your / I / May / borrow / pen?
  35. 35.May I ___ your eraser? (a) borrowing (b) lend (c) borrow
  36. 36.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / May / borrow
  37. 37.Make a sentence: your / for / you / much / help. / Thank / so
  38. 38.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  39. 39.Make a sentence: your / much / so / for / you / Thank / help.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: your / borrow / I / May / pen?

Answer key

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

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