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Polite Words and Requests Worksheet

Spoken English lesson 16: Polite requests · Set 974 · 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 “Could you open the door, please?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Thank you so much for your help. (c) Could you open the door, please?
  2. 2.Can you ___ me your book? (a) lend (b) borrow (c) lending
  3. 3.Thank you ___ helping me. (a) to (b) of (c) for
  4. 4.Make a sentence: much / Thank / so / for / your / help. / you
  5. 5.Make a sentence: your / May / pen? / I / borrow
  6. 6.Which sentence says “May I borrow your pen?”? (a) Can you pass me the salt, please? (b) May I have some water, please? (c) May I borrow your pen?
  7. 7.Make a sentence: much / Thank / your / help. / for / you / so
  8. 8.Which sentence says “May I have some water, please?”? (a) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) May I have some water, please?
  9. 9.___ you help me, please? (a) May (b) Could (c) Are
  10. 10.Make a sentence: I / borrow / your / pen? / May
  11. 11.May I ___ your eraser? (a) lend (b) borrowing (c) borrow
  12. 12.Make a sentence: May / pen? / your / I / borrow
  13. 13.🆘 What is this? (a) book (b) pen (c) help (d) umbrella
  14. 14.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) May I borrow your pen?
  15. 15.🚪 What is this? (a) help (b) sorry (c) water (d) door
  16. 16.“Thank you!” “You are ___!” (a) sorry (b) please (c) welcome
  17. 17.I am ___. I broke your pencil. (a) welcome (b) sorry (c) please
  18. 18.___ I come in, ma'am? (a) Do (b) Am (c) May
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Excuse me, may I ask a question?”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Excuse me, may I ask a question? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Thank you so much for your help.”? (a) May I borrow your pen? (b) Could you open the door, please? (c) Thank you so much for your help.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: pen? / I / your / borrow / May
  22. 22.Make a sentence: pen? / May / your / borrow / I
  23. 23.Make a sentence: much / you / help. / Thank / for / your / so
  24. 24.📕 What is this? (a) book (b) door (c) please (d) pen
  25. 25.🙏 What is this? (a) help (b) please (c) phone (d) water
  26. 26.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / so / you / for / much
  27. 27.Make a sentence: your / May / I / borrow / pen?
  28. 28.Make a sentence: help. / your / much / for / Thank / so / you
  29. 29.Make a sentence: I / May / borrow / pen? / your
  30. 30.Make a sentence: borrow / pen? / May / your / I
  31. 31.Make a sentence: your / so / help. / Thank / for / much / you
  32. 32.Make a sentence: so / much / you / your / for / Thank / help.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: I / your / May / borrow / pen?
  34. 34.Make a sentence: borrow / I / pen? / your / May
  35. 35.Make a sentence: so / help. / your / much / you / Thank / for
  36. 36.Make a sentence: help. / so / your / for / Thank / much / you
  37. 37.Make a sentence: help. / your / Thank / much / so / you / for
  38. 38.Make a sentence: May / borrow / I / pen? / your
  39. 39.🖊️ What is this? (a) phone (b) umbrella (c) water (d) pen
  40. 40.Make a sentence: I / pen? / your / borrow / May

Answer key

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

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