English Conversations
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English Conversations
Practice and Learn Module
90 minutes
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The following are your objectives:
• Be familiar with everyday conversational phrases that Americans use in their language
• Practice and adopt new colloquial terms and phrases
• Accomplish the group assignment on this module
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Overview
• Went like clockwork• Really chic• It’s a cross• Put to sleep• He got a taste for• Been told off before• Wipe out• Stamp out• I’m in the dark
• Give us a lift home• In low spirits• With open arms• He’ll see red• Pay through the nose• Tailor your resume• Smell a rat• Got his head screwed on• Chewing the fat
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• Take after• Hit the sack• A close shave• A far cry from• Daylight robbery• A stone’s throw away• Hanging out• Popping the question• Get a hang of it
•Take the bull by the horns•A bee in your bonnet•Give up the ghost•Playing hardball•Up to the hilt•At a premium•Capital gains•Went up the wall
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Went like clockwork
Really chic
It’s a cross
Put to sleep
Got a taste for
Has been told off
Wipe out
Stamp out
In the dark
A lift
In low spirits
With open arms
See red
Pay through the nose
Tailor
Smell a rat
Got his/her head screwed on
Chewing the fat
Take after
Hit the sack
A close shave
A far cry
Daylight robbery
Stone’s throw away
Hanging out
Popping the question
Get a hang of it
Bee in your bonnet
Give up the ghost
Playing hardball
Up to the hilt
At a premium
Capital gains
Went up the wall
Group Assignment
Groupings1. Form 4 teams, with
approximately 10-15 members each.
2. Assign a team leader who will have to talk to other team leaders about which TASK NUMBER your team will be working on.
““WWrite a dialogue rite a dialogue using the using the
terms/phrases terms/phrases assigned to your assigned to your
group, which you’ve group, which you’ve learned and studied learned and studied
on this module.on this module.””““Be prepared as you will Be prepared as you will present this in a present this in a role play role play on our next meeting!” on our next meeting!”
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Group Assignment
TASK # 1• Went like clockwork• Really chic• It’s a cross• Put to sleep• He got a taste for• Been told off before• Wipe out• Stamp out• I’m in the dark
TASK # 2• Give us a lift home• In low spirits• With open arms• He’ll see red• Pay through the nose• Tailor your resume• Smell a rat• Got his head screwed on• Chewing the fat
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Group Assignment
TASK # 3• Take after• Hit the sack• A close shave• A far cry from• Daylight robbery• A stone’s throw away• Hanging out• Popping the question
TASK # 4•Get a hang of it•Take the bull by the horns•A bee in your bonnet•Give up the ghost•Playing hardball•Up to the hilt•At a premium•Capital gains•Went up the wall
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Glossary
“A dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog) is a conversation between two or more people. It is also a literary form in which two or more parties engage in a discussion. It is used to make a person feel like they are there listening to the conversation happen in person.”
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Your script/dialogue, written down and submitted, will be your exercise for the day.
10 points correct usage
10 points role play