ENGLISH CLASS VIII DIALOGUE COMPLETION

The aim of this form of writing is to enable you to elaborate upon the given inputs in a
grammatically correct and meaningful conversation. Please keep a check on the syntactic errors.
Points to remember while writing a dialogue are:
Tense
Subject-verb concord
Type of sentences- assertive or interrogative
Appropriate interjections
Correct use of imperatives, contractions and punctuations
Solved Example
1. Here is a conversation between a doctor and a patient .The patient has a problem of getting
sleepless nights.
Patient: Hello Doctor!
Doctor: Hello, so what is your Problem?
Patient: …Doctor, I have a problem of not getting proper sleep at night.
Doctor: I‘ll give you a medicine for that.
Patient: Thank …………………………………………………….
Doctor: Just take ……………………………………………………
Patient: ………………………………………………………………
Doctor: …………………………………………………………………
Patient: …………………………………………………………………….
Doctor: …………………………………………………………
Key Vocabulary
to get a good night's sleep, to take medicine, to take a pill, to stay calm
Patient: Hello Doctor!
Doctor: Hello, so what is your Problem?
Patient: …Doctor, I have a problem of not getting proper sleep at night?
Doctor: I‘ll give you a medicine for that.
Patient: Thank You Doctor. How often should I take the medicine?
Doctor: Just take one pill about 30 minutes before you go to bed.
Patient: For how long?
Doctor: The prescription is for thirty days. Come back if you do not get a proper sleep.
Patient: Is there anything else?
Doctor: Don't worry so much about things at work. .
Practice Questions
Q.1 Read the following conversation between a brother and a sister. Complete the
conversation by choosing the correct option from the ones given below;
Sister : When do you to leave for Mumbai?
Brother : I am leaving the day after tomorrow
Sister : Where have you decided to stay?
Brother : (a)__________________________________
Sister : Why are you not staying with Aunt and Uncle?

Brother : (b)___________________.. I won’t be able to enjoy my holidays.

Sister : Don’t tell me that you’ll stay in a hotel!

Brother : Definitely not (c)_________________________

Sister : How are you both spending your vacation?

Brother : (d)____________________________________
Q.2
Doctor : How long have you been sick?
Patient : I have been having this headache (a)_________________________
one month.
Doctor : Have you, taken any medicine?

Patient : No, I haven’t. But I (b)_________________ by an eye –

specialist.
Doctor : : What did he say?
Patient: : He said that my eyes are fine.

Doctor: : (c)______________________ sleeping late at night ?

Patient : : No, I sleep regularly around 10 p.m.

Doctor : : Have you (d)__________________________ in the past or

lately?
Patient : No, but I had bruised my head due to a fall when I was ten years old
1. Complete the dialogue between a father and a son. (in 50 words)
Father: What have you decided to do after XII class?
Son: I have not decided anything.
Father: Don’t you think this is the right time to give a thought for that too!
Son: Yes, perhaps you are right.
Father……………………………
Son…………………………………..
Father…………………………………..
Son………………………………………..

2. Complete the dialogue in about 50 words:

Priya: Where had you gone yesterday when I called you up?
Ruchi: Well, I had gone to my aunt’s place.
Priya: Was there something special?
Ruchi……………………………
Priya : …………………………………………………….
3. The following dialogue between two neighbours is incomplete. Complete the dialogue .
Mitali: Hello, I’m Mitali, your new neighbour..
Sumita: Hello, Please to meet you. I’m Sumita.
Mitali: ………………………………………..
Sumita: …………………………………………..
Mitali: ……………………………………………….
Sumita………………………………………………….