Two requests are needed. Request 1 is to a close friend in a classroom (borrowing a pen). Request 2 is to a hotel manager you have never met (asking to leave the room later on the day of departure). Choose the pair in which each request suits the speech norms (register) of its situation.
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- B1: Got a spare pen? 2: Would it be possible to check out later?
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A close friend is addressed informally, so the short colloquial «Got a spare pen?» fits. A manager you do not know needs a polite, formal request, so «Would it be possible to check out later?» fits. In «1: Would you be so kind as to lend me a pen? 2: Can I check out later, mate?» the registers are swapped: it is too formal for the friend and too familiar for the manager. In «1: Got a spare pen? 2: Gimme a late check-out, OK?» the second request is rude and imperative for a stranger. In «1: Would you be so kind as to lend me a pen? 2: Would it be possible to check out later?» the second request is correct, but the first is unnaturally formal for a close friend.