INSTRUCTIONS:

1.-	Choose the correct answer and get your option card ready. Do not say the answer aloud or show your card to your classmates!
2.-	When your teacher says so, raise the option card with the colour or number of the correct answer so that your teacher can see it.
3.-	Wait until the teacher counts the number of correct answers and writes down the score.
4.-	Follow your teacher's instructions to score points in your notebook. Are you ready? Go!

Question # 1

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I bring a friend home for two days, Mum?

Could I bring a friend home for two days, Mum?

May I bring a friend home for two days, Mum?

All of the above are appropriate.

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Correct answer:

You need to be very polite, because you are asking a big favour!

Can I bring a friend home for two days, Mum?

Could I bring a friend home for two days, Mum?

May I bring a friend home for two days, Mum?

All of the above are appropriate.

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Question # 2

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I borrow your pencil, Billy?

Could I borrow your pencil, Billy?

May I borrow your pencil, Billy?

All of the above are appropriate.

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Correct answer:

Billy is probably a friend or a brother, so you can use a colloquial form:

Can I borrow your pencil, Billy?

Could I borrow your pencil, Billy?

May I borrow your pencil, Billy?

All of the above are appropriate.

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Question # 3

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I ask you to come back tomorrow, Mrs Jones? I am not feeling well today.

Could I ask you to come back tomorrow, Mrs Jones? I am not feeling well today.

May I ask you to come back tomorrow, Mrs Jones? I am not feeling well today.

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

This is a formal context (talking to Mrs Jones), so you need to be very polite. Also, you are asking a big favour.

Can I ask you to come back tomorrow, Mrs Jones? I am not feeling well today.

Could I ask you to come back tomorrow, Mrs Jones? I am not feeling well today.

May I ask you to come back tomorrow, Mrs Jones? I am not feeling well today.

B and C are correct.

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Question # 4

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I go to the toilet, please?

Could I go to the toilet, please?

May I go to the toilet, please?

All of the above are correct.

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Correct answer:

The most appropriate form is "may", because you are talking to a teacher and you should show respect. "Could I...?" is not too bad, but "Can I...?" is too colloquial.

Can I go to the toilet, please?

Could I go to the toilet, please?

May I go to the toilet, please?

All of the above are correct.

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Question # 5

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I have a little water, please?

Could I have a little water, please?

May I have a little water, please?

All of the above are correct.

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Correct answer:

We don't have any information about the situation here, so depending on the person you are talking to (your father, an adult friend of the family, or a waiter at an expensive restaurant) you could use any of these options.

Can I have a little water, please?

Could I have a little water, please?

May I have a little water, please?

All of the above are correct.

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Question # 6

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I ask Jimmy to lend me his flute, Mrs Robbins?

Could I ask Jimmy to lend me his flute, Mrs Robbins?

May I ask Jimmy to lend me his flute, Mrs Robbins?

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

You should have brought your own flute, so you want to be really polite to your teacher!

Can I ask Jimmy to lend me his flute, Mrs Robbins?

Could I ask Jimmy to lend me his flute, Mrs Robbins?

May I ask Jimmy to lend me his flute, Mrs Robbins?

B and C are correct.

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Question # 7

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I borrow Susie's classnotes, please?

Could I borrow Susie's classnotes, please?

May I borrow Susie's classnotes, please?

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

You should have brought your own classnotes, so you want to be really polite to your teacher!

Can I borrow Susie's classnotes, please?

Could I borrow Susie's classnotes, please?

May I borrow Susie's classnotes, please?

B and C are correct.

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Question # 8

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can we practise a bit more before the exam?

Could we practise a bit more before the exam?

May we practise a bit more before the exam?

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

You are asking your teacher a favour, so you want to be really polite!

Can we practise a bit more before the exam?

Could we practise a bit more before the exam?

May we practise a bit more before the exam?

B and C are correct.

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Question # 9

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can you help us revise for the exam, Mr Brown?

Could you help us revise for the exam, Mr Brown?

May you help us revise for the exam, Mr Brown?

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

You are asking for a favour, so you want to be really polite.
(C is wrong: you cannot use "MAY YOU...?" for a request, only "MAY I...?" or "MAY WE...?" It is also used for asking for permission).

Can you help us revise for the exam, Mr Brown?

Could you help us revise for the exam, Mr Brown?

May you help us revise for the exam, Mr Brown?

B and C are correct.

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Question # 10

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can we leave early today, Mr Jones? It's the last day of class!

Could we leave early today, Mr Jones? It's the last day of class!

May we leave early today, Mr Jones? It's the last day of class!

None of the above are correct.

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Correct answer:

Your teacher cannot give you permission to leave the classroom early!

Can we leave early today, Mr Jones? It's the last day of class!

Could we leave early today, Mr Jones? It's the last day of class!

May we leave early today, Mr Jones? It's the last day of class!

None of the above are correct.

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Question # 11

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can you translate the instructions, please?

Could you translate the instructions, please?

May you translate the instructions, please?

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

C is not correct: you cannot use "May you...?", only "May I...?" or "May we...?"

Can you translate the instructions, please?

Could you translate the instructions, please?

May you translate the instructions, please?

B and C are correct.

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Question # 12

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Could you tell me how to say "pentagrama"?

How do you say "pentagrama"?

How do you say "pentagrama" in English?

All of the above are correct.

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Correct answer:

"Can you...?" is too colloquial. Remember to use "could" when you need to be polite.

Could you tell me how to say "pentagrama"?

How do you say "pentagrama"?

How do you say "pentagrama" in English?

All of the above are correct.

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Question # 13

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I go to clean the flute, please?

Could I go to clean the flute, please?

May I go to clean the flute, please?

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

Did everyone get it right this time? Great!

Can I go to clean the flute, please?

Could I go to clean the flute, please?

May I go to clean the flute, please?

B and C are correct.

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Question # 14

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can you repeat that, please?

Could you repeat that, please?

May you repeat that, please?

B and C are correct.

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Did everyone get it right this time, too? Awesome!

Can you repeat that, please?

Could you repeat that, please?

May you repeat that, please?

B and C are correct.

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Question # 15

Choose the most appropriate option for the context.

Can I change places? 'cos I can't see the board.

Could I change places? because I can't see the board.

May I change places? I cannot see the board.

B and C are correct.

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Correct answer:

C is too formal. You could use that to talk to the organiser of a course you are attending, when he is a stranger to you. You need not be so formal to talk to your teacher, but remember to be polite!

Can I change places? 'cos I can't see the board.

Could I change places? because I can't see the board.

May I change places? I cannot see the board.

B and C are correct.

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