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Simple Dialogues
Simple past : was were
Conversation 1
Man: How was the movie?
Woman: It was really good.
Man: Was it scary?
Woman: Yes, it was really scary.
Man: Nice. Was it crowded?
Woman: No, it wasn’t. There weren’t many people there, suprisingly.

Conversation 2
Man: Where were you last night?
Woman: I was at work.
Man: Really? I was at your shop. You weren’t there.
Woman: No, I was in the back working.
Man: You were?
Woman: Really! I was there.

Conversation 3
Man: How was the test?
Woman: It was really hard.
Man: How long was it?
Woman: There were about 20 problems.
Man: Yeah! What was your score?
Woman: Let’s just say, it wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad either.

Conversation 4
Man: Do you know who was at the party?
Woman: Jason was there. So was Sue.
Man: Were Tom and Katie there?
Woman: No, they weren’t there, but their son was.
Man: Oh, I see. So, was it fun?
Woman: Yeah, it was a fun evening.
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Simple past - Regular and Irregular verbs

Conversation 1
Man: What did you do yesterday?
Woman: Nothing much. I just stayed at home and cleaned the house.
Man: How boring!
Woman: Yeah, it was. And you? What did you do?
Man: I drove to the mountains and went hiking.
Woman: That sounds fun!
Man: It was. I had a great time.

Conversation 2
Man: Did you do anything this weekend?
Woman: I did. I took the train to the city and met my friend.
Man: Oh, yeah! What did you do?
Woman: We had lunch and did some shopping.
Man: Did you buy anything?
Woman: No, I didn’t. I just went window shopping. I’m trying to save money.
Man: Me too!

Conversation 3
Man: How was your day?
Woman: Terrible. I was so busy.
Man: Oh, that’s too bad.
Woman: Yeah, we were so busy at lunch. One person called in sick so we were short-
staffed.
Man: That’s not good. How did you manage?
Woman: The came in and helped us.

Conversation 4
Man: Did you talk to Bob?
Woman: I did. He said he was sorry.
Man: What did he say?
Woman: He said he didn’t mean to get mad at you.
Man: Well, he did. He made me cry.
Woman: I know. But he is really sorry about it

Akane's Vacation
Last year, I went to Portugal just after Christmas. And I stayed there until… well, just
after New Year's this year. In Portugal, I met up with one of my friends from Toronto.
He had family that lived in Portugal, because his family wasoriginally from Portugal.

So, they were kind enough to let me stay with them. I didn’t know any Portuguese,
except for some simple words like “hello”, and “thank you”. I learned some simple words

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through an audio CD, before I went there. And the people that I stayed with didn’t know
very much English either. However, we got along surprisingly well.

They were surprised that I was able to eat some of their exotic foods. They made some
delicious meals every single day, like octopus, tripe and rabbit. It is quite exotic, but
I thought it was quite good. They also made some excellent desserts, like crème
caramel, and a rich sponge cake that they call Paon d’lo.

Howard's Vacation
OK, now I'll talk about my winter vacation. This winter vacation I spent two weeks in my
hometown which is Daytona Beach, Florida. It was wonderful. The weather was warm
every day. It was sunny every day and the temperature was almost 80 degrees.

I visited my mother and I spent every morning having a nice leisurely cup of coffee and
reading the newspaper and after that I got my bicycle out and and rode down to the
beach and enjoyed the sun and the surf, and came back home and read a book and
went to bed early.

I had a wonderful time. I saw a couple of new movies, when I was home in Florida.
I saw The Aviator and also an interesting movie called Spanglish, which I hope you all
can see because it's an interesting movie about English and the Spanish.

Conversation :
Tell me about your last vacation. Where did you go? What did you do?
What did you do for you last birthday?
Who was your first crush?
What was the last really difficult thing you had to do?
What did you eat for you last meal?
Who did you meet last week? What did you do together?
Tell me about what you did for the last 24 hours.
When was the last time you were really excited about something?
Tell me about where you lived as a child.
When was the last time you went to an amusement park? How was it?
What was the best meal you ate recently?
How did you come here?
When was the last time you went to a movie theater? What did you see?
Talk about the last time you were really scared.
Tell me about your best or worst school teacher.
What tech problems annoyed you recently?
What was your first TV like?
What are some events in the past that made you who you are?

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What did your bedroom look like when you were a teenager?
What bands were popular when you were young?
When was the last time you were shocked?
What chores did you have to do when you were young?
Where did you hang out with your friends last? What did you do?
Who were some of your favorite sports stars in the past?
What did they play?
Why were they your favorite?
Name some of your country’s famous sports stars of the past.
Why were they famous?
What was your best memory from when you were a child?
What is your earliest memory?
Who was your childhood best friend?
What games did you like to play when you were a child?
What were some of your favorite toys?
Which was better for you: elementary school, junior high school or high school? Why?
Did you study hard in high school?
What kinds of food did you eat when you were a child? Do you eat the same things now?
What was your country like when you were a child?

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