Conversation dialogues

1) Gemma goes to the shop:

Speaker A: Hi, can I help you?
Speaker B: Hello. How much is this magazine?
Speaker A: Let’s see… Top Sounds, that’s one ninety-nine.
Speaker B: OK, can I have the magazine and do you have a bottle of water?
Speaker A: Yes.
Speaker B: Have you got cold ones?
Speaker A: Over there in the fridge. Is that everything?
Speaker B: I think so. Oh… and these sweets.
Speaker A: OK.
Speaker B: How much is that?
Speaker A: That’s three forty, please.
Speaker B: Here you are.
Speaker A: Thank you… and there’s one sixty change. Would you like a bag?
Speaker B: No, it’s fine, thanks. Bye.
Speaker A: Bye.

Vocabulary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Shop: a place where you can buy goods or services.
Shopkeeper: a person who owns and manages a small shop.
Sweets: sweet food, such as candy or cake.
Fridge: a piece of kitchen equipment that uses electricity to preserve food at a cold
temperature. (Also, refrigerator).
Change: the money that is returned to someone who has paid for something that costs less
that the amount that they gave.

Reordering a dialogue:
B: Hi, how much are these sweets?
B: Here you are. Thanks.
B: OK, can I have these sweets and a cola, please?
A: These ones? Let me see… they’re $1.00.
A: Thanks a lot. Bye.
A: Hi, can I help you?
A: Of course. Is that everything?
A: That’s $2.00, please.
B: Yes, thanks.

2) Makayla needs help from the stationmaster at the train station.

A: Good afternoon. How can I help you?
B: Hello, I’ve just missed my train!
A: Ah. Where are you going?
B: To Manchester.
A: Ah, yes. That was the 16:20.
B: What time’s the next one?
A: Let’s see… the next train to Manchester leaves at 17:15 from platform 2.
B: 17:15… so that’s quarter past five … platform 2. What time does it get to Manchester?
A: At 18:30.
B: Half past six. Can I use the same ticket?
A: Just a moment, please. Can I see you ticket?
B: Yes, here you are.
A: Ah, sorry, no. You can’t use this ticket on the 17:15 train.
B: Really? Why not?
A: This ticket is only valid on trains before 5 and after 7 o’clock. During rush-hour tickets are
more expensive.
B: Oh… do I have to buy another ticket?
A: Yes, well I can change your old ticket for a new ticket. Your tickets cost $7.50 and the new
ticket is $11.00, so you just pay the difference, which is $3.50.
B: OK, what platform is it from?
A: Platform 2. Just over there on the other side.
B: OK, thanks.
A: All right. Bye bye!

Vocabulary:
Stationmaster: the person who is in charge of a railroad station.
Missed: (miss) to arrive too late to get on a bus, train or aircraft.
Platform: a long, flat raised structure at a railroad station, where people get on and off trains.
Rush hour: the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning
when people are traveling to work, or in the evening when people are traveling home.
Change: to exchange one thing for another thing, especially of a similar type.
Telling time:
At full hours: “O’clock”. 01:00 is one o’clock, 07:00 is seven o’clock, 12:00 is twelve o’clock.
At half hours (30 minutes passed the hour): “Half past”. 02:30 is half past two, 06:30 is half
past six, 10:30 is half past ten.
At quarter hours (15 minutes after the hour or 15 minutes before the hour): “A quarter to” and
“a quarter past”. 04:45 is a quarter to five, 9:15 is a quarter past nine, 12:45 is a quarter to
one.
At other hours: we use “past” for 01 minute to 29 minutes, and “to” for 31 minutes to 59
minutes. 07:56 is four minutes to eight, 4:20 is twenty past four, 10:50 is ten to eleven.

3) Jack’s applying to University to train as PE (physical education) teacher.

A: Hello Jack, please take a seat. I’m Mrs Spence.
B: Hello Mrs Spence. Nice to meet you.
A: You too. So, you’ve applied to do a teaching course here.
B: Yes, that’s right.
A: I’d like you to tell me, first of all, why you want to be a teacher.
B: OK. Well, I’ve always loved explaining things and helping people. I’m not looking for an easy
job, I like a challenge! I also want to work with young people.
A: And why have you decided to become a PE teacher?
B: OK, I love all sports and I really believe it’s important for young people to do sports at
school.
A: Yes, I agree. Why is it so important, do you think?
B: OK. Well, first of all, we all know is important for our health to keep physically fit. Secondly,
physical exercise is good for our mental well-being and self-esteem. Finally, playing sports
teaches young people important life lessons, like the importance of team work, discipline and
fairness, for instance.
A: OK, thank you. And, where does your passion for sport come from?
B: Hmm, let me think. I grew up around sports. My mom was a really good athlete, actually.
A: Oh, yes?
B: We used to go and see her running in marathons, which made a big impression on me as a
child. I suppose it’s in my blood.
A: Right, fantastic. And how do you think teachers can encourage their students to enjoy
sport?
B: That’s and interesting question. On one hand, I think many students enjoy the competitive
element. They want to be the best, it’s motivating for them. On the other hand, we need to
encourage the ones who are not as confident. So we need to reward them for participation
and trying their best. It’s not all about winning!
A: OK, thank you very much Jack. You make some good points.
B: It’s my pleasure. Thank you.

Ordinal numbers (first, second, third, fourth, etc.) function as both adjectives and adverbs, the
–ly adverbs firstly, secondly, thirdly, fourthly can be used to enumerate. Usually, when listing
things there is a convention that the first item is introduced as first rather than firstly, although
the following items can be said to be secondly, thirdly, fourthly, etc.
Linking words: help you to connect ideas and sentences when you speak or write. We can use
linking words to give examples, add information, summarise, sequence information, give a
reason or result, or to contrast ideas.