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Listen & Speak: Everyday Conversations

Listen first without reading. Answer two quick questions, reveal the conversation, then record your own version.

How to practise

  1. Press Listen and hear the conversation once.
  2. Answer the two questions before opening the transcript.
  3. Listen again, then reveal the words.
  4. Repeat useful lines and make your own conversation.

Six everyday conversations

1

At a café

You are buying a drink.

1. What drink does the customer order?

2. Does the customer order anything else?

Show transcript and answers

Server: Hello. What would you like?

Customer: A small hot chocolate, please.

Server: Anything else?

Customer: No, thank you.

Answers: A small hot chocolate. No.

Your turn: Choose a different drink and order it aloud.

2

On the bus

You want to know where to get off.

1. Where does the passenger want to go?

2. When should the passenger get off?

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Passenger: Excuse me. Does this bus go to the museum?

Driver: Yes. Get off at the next stop.

Passenger: Thank you.

Driver: You’re welcome.

Answers: The museum. At the next stop.

Your turn: Ask about a different place.

3

At school

A student asks for help.

1. What does the student not understand?

2. Does the teacher offer to help?

Show transcript and answers

Student: Sorry. I don’t understand this word.

Teacher: Which word?

Student: This one here.

Teacher: Okay. I can help you.

Answers: A word. Yes.

Your turn: Ask for help with a word, sentence or question.

4

At a shop

You are looking for a larger size.

1. What does the customer need?

2. What will the assistant do?

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Assistant: Can I help you?

Customer: Yes, please. Do you have this in a larger size?

Assistant: Yes. I’ll check for you.

Customer: Thanks.

Answers: A larger size. The assistant will check.

Your turn: Ask for a different size or colour.

5

Making plans

Two friends choose a time to meet.

1. What day will they meet?

2. What time do they suggest?

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Friend 1: Are you free on Saturday?

Friend 2: Yes. What do you want to do?

Friend 1: Would you like to have lunch?

Friend 2: Sure. How about twelve thirty?

Answers: Saturday. 12.30.

Your turn: Invite someone to meet at a different time.

6

Asking for help

You cannot find your phone.

1. What is missing?

2. Where was it probably left?

Show transcript and answers

Person 1: Can you help me, please? I can’t find my phone.

Person 2: Of course. Where did you last see it?

Person 1: I think it was on the table.

Person 2: Let’s look there first.

Answers: A phone. On the table.

Your turn: Ask for help finding a different object.

Record your own conversation

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