CONVERSATION 1  

Teacher and students

A.      What’s your name please?

B.      My name’s Sam.

A.      Where do you live Sam?

B.      I live at 14, River Street.

A.      Do you live with your family?

B.      Yes, with my parents and sisters.

A.        What dose your father do?

B.        He works in an office

A.         And dose your mother do?

B.         Yes, she’s a teacher

A.          How many sisters do you have?

B.          I have tow sisters, Julia, is twenty-one.

And my younger sister, Dee. Is eleven.

A.          And how old are you?

B.          I’m nineteen

A.          Ken. Dose Sam’s mother work?

C.          Yes, she’s a teacher

A.          And what dose Sam’s fathers do?

B.          he works in an office

 

Conversation 2    
Talking to a visitor

A.      How long have you been here?

B.      I’ve been here for two days

A.       Are you going to stay for long?

B.       No, I’m just on a short holidays

A.        How long are you going to stay?

B.        I hope to stay about a month

A.         Are you enjoying it here?

B.         Yes. I like it very much

A.          Is it too hot for you?

B.          It’s hot but not to hot.

A.          And how do you find the food?

B.          It’s delicious and very tasty

A.        Where do you staying now?

B.        I’m staying with some friends

B.        Perhaps you know Dr, and Mrs. Lee?

A.        Yes, I know them very well.

A.          Do they still live in Grey Street?

B.          Yes, at number forty-six.

A.          I hope you have a nice holidays here

B.          Thank you. I’m sure I will

 

CONVERSATION 3 

Talking to students

 

A. Where do you come from?

B. I come from Australia

A. What part of Australia are you from?

B. I come from Canberra

B. Canberra is a capital of Australia. It’s very beautiful city

There are lots of big parks in the city, and lots of nice gardens

A. Is Canberra a big city?

B. No, It’s not very big

B. Sydney is much bigger

Sydney has a lot of tell buildings.

B. I live in Sydney now.

I moved there last year.

A. Are you working in Sydney or are you a student?

B. I’m a student at Sydney University.

I’m studying Law.

A. How long have you been a student?

B. I’ve been a student for two years.

 

CON VERSATION 4
STUDYING ENGLISH

 

A. How long have you been studying English?

B. For about six months

B. I started when I was ten

My teacher was from America

B. He was a very good teacher.

I enjoyed studying English with him,

A. Are you still studying English?

B. Yes, I take course at night now

A. How often do you have classes?

B. Twice a week usually.

A. Do you find English difficult?

B. Yes, It’s rather difficult, I think

A. Do I make many mistakes?

B. No, your English is very good

A. Do you often listen to the radio?

B. Yes, I listen to the radio every night.

A. Do you enjoy reading English books?

B. Yes, I read a lot of English books

B. But I prefer Conversation

I like talking with foreigners.

 

CONVERSATION 5 
MEETING FRIENDS AT A PARTY

 

A. Ken, have you met Peter?

B. No, I haven’t how do you do?

C. How do you do, It’s nice to meet you

And what did you say your name was?

B. My name’s Ken Jones

C. Are you a friend of Tim’s?

B. Yes, we went to the same school,

And we played football together.

A. There’s Anne Nichols

Anne. Come and meet some friends

A. Anne, This is peter and Ken

D. I’m sorry what’s your name gain?

C. My first name is Peter. And yours?

D. Anne. It’s easy to remember.

C. Would you like to dance, Anne?

D. Yes, Thank you

C. Do you dancing?

D. Yes, I love it

C. We must go dancing together sometime.

D. That would be nice, Thank you

CONVERSATION 6
MEETING A FRIEND

 

A. Hello! John, How are you?

B. I’m fine, Thanks. And how are you?

A. Very well, thanks. Nice to see you again.

I haven’t seen you for a long time.

A. What have you been doing lately?

B. Oh! Nothing much really.

B. And how everything with you?

A. Fine, thanks. I’ve been busy lately

B. What have you been doing?

A. I’ve been studying for my exams

A. My school exams begin next month.

B. Really? Good luck for them.

A. Thanks. And how are your parents?

B. They are both very well, Thanks.

A. Where are you going now?

B. I’m going to do shopping

B. Why don’t you come with me?

A. I can’t. I have to meet someone.

B. It’s been nice talking to you

A. Good-bye. See you again. Sometime

 

CONVERSATION 7
 LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS

A. Do you want to see my photographs?

B. Yes, I like looking at photographs.

A. This is our family

That’s my mother and father

B. Who’s that?

A. That’s my sister, Rosemary

B. Is she married?

A. Yes, Her husband is a Chemist.

A. These are their children, Paul and Tony.

Paul is six and Tony is three.

A. This is our house. It’s new.

It has four bedrooms.

B. It looks very nice,

And the garden is beautiful too.

A. This is where my sister lives.

They bought the house last year.

A. I took this photo last year.

When we were on holiday in Bali.

A. This is the hotel we stayed in.

We enjoy it very much..

 

CONVERSATION 8
TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL

 

A. Have you finished school?

B. No, I’m still a student

A. What class are you in at school?

B. I’m in my last year at high school

B. Next year I want to go to University.

I want to study engineering.

B. Our country needs engineers

And engineers get a good salary

A. What time dose school start?

B. Classes begin at nine in the morning.

A. Do you have classes in the afternoon

B. Yes , from one until four O’clock

A. What sort of school do you go to?

B. I go to a Technical high school

A. Is it a private school?

B. No, It’s a state school.

A. Do you study English at school?

B. Yes, we have English twice a week.

A. What subject do you like best?

B. I like English and physics best.

 

CONVERSATION 9    HOBBIES

 

A. Do you have any hobbies?

B. Yes, I collect stamps.

A. Do you have a big stamp collection?

B. Yes, It’s quite big

B. I also like to listen to music.

I’m interested in Jazz.

B. What about you? What are your hobbies?

A. I’m interested in photographs

A. But I’m only a beginner.

I’m not very good at it yet.

B. Do you take color photographs?

A. Not yet, just black and white.

A. Last week I bought a developer.

I want to develop my photos myself.

B. Is photography an expensive hobby?

A. No, It’s not very expensive.

A. Of course you must buy a camera first

And some cameras are expensive.

A. But you can also get quite cheap ones.

Some of them are very good.

 

 

CONVERSATION 10 SPORT

A. Are you interested in sport?

B. Yes, I play a lot of sport.

A. What sport do you like best?

B. I like tennis best

B. I also like swimming.

I like going swimming at the beach.

A. Do you know how to ski?

B. Yes, I often go skiing in the winter.

A. Where do you go skiing?

B. There’s a big mountain near here.

Lots of people go skiing there.

A. What sports are popular in your country?

B. Badminton is very popular.

B. And schoolchildren like baseball.

All children play sport at school.

A. In our country we play a lot of cricket.

Have you ever seen a game of cricket?

B. No, we don’t play cricket here at all.

But football is very popular.