Unit 3 Making Requests

Complete the sentences with the correct request.

1. You want to use your classmate’s liquid paper.

Do you mind if I borrow your liquid paper?_______________
2. You want your brother to close the window.
Could____________________________________________
3. You want your teacher to send you the homework from class.
Would you mind___________________________________
4. You want a friend to lend you $5.
Is it OK if _________________________________________
5. You need to ask your neighbor to turn down the music.
I wonder if_______________________________________
6. You forgot your eraser and your classmate has an extra.
Can_____________________________________________
7. You need to go to the bathroom during the exam.
I wonder if________________________________________
8. You want to leave class 10 minutes early.
Would you mind if__________________________________
9. You need to borrow $200 from your uncle.
I was wondering if you’d mind_________________________
10. You want to use your friend’s phone charger.
Do you mind if_____________________________________
11. You want your sister to lend you her shirt.
Would if be OK if___________________________________

Borrow vs. Lend

Fill in the blanks with the right conjugation of either borrow or lend.

1. I was wondering if you’d mind _____________ me your cell for a minute.

2. Could I ____________ $5 for lunch today?
3. Would it be OK if I ___________ your red shirt?
4. I can’t ____________ you my iPod because Rick ______________ it.
5. Do you mind if Lisa ____________ your DVD of Spiderman?
6. Megan is angry because John __________ her car without asking first.
7. My teacher said that she would ___________ us books in English if we promise
to take good care of them.
8. My dad __________ my uncle’s tools and now my uncle can’t ________ them
to his boss.
9. In the 1980s many countries __________ lots of money from large banks like
the World Bank.