🧺 “Do Me a Favour” – Fun ESL Activity for Polite Requests (Free Printable Worksheet). A lively, interactive way to teach students how to ask for help using polite English expressions.

🧺 “Do Me a Favour” – Fun ESL Activity for Polite Requests (Free Printable Worksheet)

🧺 “Do Me a Favour” – Fun ESL Activity for Polite Requests (Free Printable Worksheet)

Teaching students how to ask for help politely in English? This free ESL printable worksheet called “Do Me a Favour” is the perfect classroom activity to get your learners moving, speaking, and using natural English for real-life situations.

Designed for pre-intermediate to intermediate learners, this activity focuses on making polite requests using a variety of useful structures. It’s ideal for general ESL classes, speaking lessons, and even conversation clubs.

📥 What’s in the “Do Me a Favour” Free PDF?

🗓️ A customizable weekly schedule template
✍️ Space for students to add five personal tasks they need help with
📚 A focus box with five common polite request structures:
- Would you mind…?
- Can you…?
- Would you be free to…?
- Could you…?
- Would you be willing to…?

🧑‍🏫 How to Use This ESL Worksheet in Class

Warm-Up: Brainstorm Requests
Write the five polite request structures on the board. Practice a few examples as a class:
- “Would you mind helping me with my homework?”
- “Could you pick me up from school?”
Student Planning Time
Hand out the worksheets. Students fill in five activities they plan to do and need help with—anything from “wash my car” to “prepare a presentation.”
Mingle & Ask for Help
Students walk around and politely ask their classmates for help using one of the request structures. Example: “Would you be willing to go to the supermarket with me on Wednesday afternoon?”
“Sure!” (classmate signs the square) 💡 Each student may only get two signatures from the same person, encouraging more interaction!
Reverse Role
When someone agrees to help, students also write down any activities they agreed to help with for classmates in their own schedule.
Winning the Game
- For small classes: The winner is the student with the most filled-in activities.
- For larger classes: The winner is the first student to fill their schedule completely.

🗣️ Language Skills Practiced

Using polite modals and question forms
Making natural conversation
Listening carefully and responding appropriately
Negotiating help and time management vocabulary

💬 Why It Works

Teachers love this activity because:

✅ It’s student-centered and highly interactive
✅ Encourages authentic speaking and social interaction
✅ Easily adaptable to different age groups and themes
✅ Great for teaching functional English and request structures

👩‍🏫 Teaching Tip:

At the end of the lesson, ask students to reflect:

“Which request was easiest to say? Which ones were harder to agree to?”
It’s a great way to discuss tone, politeness, and cultural differences in asking for help.

📥 [Download the “Do Me a Favour” ESL Worksheet – Free PDF]
(Ready to print and use instantly in class!)

Do Me a Favour

🧺 “Do Me a Favour” – Fun ESL Activity for Polite Requests (Free Printable Worksheet). A lively, interactive way to teach students how to ask for help using polite English expressions.

🧺 “Do Me a Favour” – Fun ESL Activity for Polite Requests (Free Printable Worksheet)

📥 What’s in the “Do Me a Favour” Free PDF?