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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 961 · 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) lend (b) lending (c) borrow
  2. 2.Make a sentence: May / borrow / your / I / pen?
  3. 3.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) May (b) Do (c) Am
  4. 4.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  5. 5.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Are (c) Could
  6. 6.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) for (c) of
  7. 7.Make a sentence: pen? / your / I / May / borrow
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  9. 9.Make a sentence: so / help. / for / you / much / Thank / your
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) May I have some water, please?
  11. 11.Make a sentence: your / I / pen? / May / borrow
  12. 12.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) welcome (c) please
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I have some water, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Can you pass me the salt, please?”? (a) Could you open the door, please? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  15. 15.Make a sentence: you / for / your / help. / much / Thank / so
  16. 16.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I borrow your pen? (c) Could you open the door, please?
  17. 17.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / borrow / I
  18. 18.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) Can you pass me the salt, please?
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / your / so / much / Thank / you / help.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: pen? / your / May / I / borrow
  21. 21.Make a sentence: much / you / for / your / Thank / so / help.
  22. 22.🪟 What is this? (a) water (b) window (c) phone (d) salt
  23. 23.☂️ What is this? (a) door (b) phone (c) salt (d) umbrella
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / Thank / so / your / much / help. / you
  25. 25.Make a sentence: pen? / I / borrow / May / your
  26. 26.Make a sentence: you / so / for / Thank / help. / your / much
  27. 27.Make a sentence: for / much / your / help. / you / so / Thank
  28. 28.🧂 What is this? (a) door (b) please (c) salt (d) umbrella
  29. 29.Make a sentence: help. / so / much / your / Thank / you / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: you / much / your / help. / so / for / Thank
  31. 31.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / May / your
  32. 32.Make a sentence: I / your / borrow / pen? / May
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / May / pen? / borrow / your
  34. 34.☎️ What is this? (a) door (b) help (c) please (d) phone
  35. 35.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) borrowing
  36. 36.🆘 What is this? (a) sorry (b) please (c) help (d) book
  37. 37.🚰 What is this? (a) book (b) door (c) water (d) sorry
  38. 38.Make a sentence: so / much / Thank / you / your / for / help.
  39. 39.🖊️ What is this? (a) book (b) help (c) pen (d) umbrella
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / your / pen?

Answer key

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

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