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ESL worksheet for Grades 8 and 9 teaching politeness strategies and multiple-choice practice on softening language in English.
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Being Polite: How to Soften Your English

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This printable ESL worksheet teaches students in Grades 8–9 how to soften language and sound polite in English. It covers four key strategies: softening requests with past or continuous forms, using vague language for opinions, introducing problems with verbs like seem and appear, and using tentative language to refuse invitations. Five multiple-choice practice questions help students apply these techniques in realistic contexts.

Subject:
Foreign Languages
Topic:
Esl / Efl
Grade Level:
8th – 9th Grades
Updated July 2026

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