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Photocopiable 22: Pronoun dialogues

Aim: Speaking – learners practise dialogues about natural geographic features.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Completion time: 15 minutes
Language focus: vocabulary and demonstrative, indefinite and quantitative pronouns from Lesson 6.3
Materials: One Pronoun dialogues photocopiable for each learner.
Procedure:
• Learners work in pairs. Tell them they are going to practise talking about natural geographic
features together.
• Distribute one photocopiable to each learner.
• Demonstrate the activity. Tell learners the speakers are discussing the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland.
Explain that it’s a 6 km promontory (narrow land that sticks out into the sea) and it’s made up of
columns of basalt (a type of volcanic rock). Then show learners a picture of the distinctive-looking
formation to interest them in the activity.
• Learners skim the text to find out what the Giant’s Causeway is. (Answer: volcanic rock formations)
• Focus on the first gap and elicit which word from the box fits best. (Answer: anything)
• Allow time for learners to complete the activity. Circulate and support less confident learners.
Wrap up: Give class feedback on the answers and common errors at the end of the activity.

Answers:
Dialogue 1
2 something 3 this 4 those 5 ones 6 more 7 these 8 any 9 anywhere 10 all
Dialogue 2
2 one 3 That 4 a high one 5 nothing 6 several 7 enough 8 none
Dialogue 3
2 ones 3 one 4 a few 5 most 6 both 7 all 8 any

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Photocopiable 22: Pronoun dialogues

Complete each dialogue using the pronouns below.
Dialogue 1

all any anything anywhere more ones something

these this those

Mandeep: Is there (1) ………...

anything interesting to see in Ireland?

Niamh: Yes there’s (2) ………………………… that’s very interesting to see.

Look at (3) …………………………! It’s the Giant’s Causeway.

Mandeep: Wow! What is it? What are (4) ………………………… tall things, there?

Niamh: You mean the columns? They’re volcanic rock formations.

Mandeep: Yes, the hexagonal (5) ………………………… . They’re amazing! How many are there?

Niamh: About 40,000, or (6) ………………………… .

Mandeep: Are (7) ………………………… the only ones, or are there (8) …………………………

more (9) ………………………… else?

Niamh: No, (10) ………………………… of them are here.

Dialogue 2

any enough a high one none nothing one several that

Aliena: Are there (1) any high mountains in China?

Chen: Yes, the highest (2) ………………………… in the world is on the Chinese-Nepalese border.

Aliena: You mean Everest?

Chen: (3) …………………………’s it, yes. What about your country? Is there

(4) ………………………… there, too?

Aliena: No, there’s (5) ………………………… like Everest! There are (6) …………………………

hills – like Dzyarzhynskaya Hara, which is 345 metres high. I don’t think that’s

(7) ………………………… to be a mountain, but it’s the tallest – so

(8) ………………………… of them are tall enough to be called mountains!

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Dialogue 3

all any both a few most one one ones

Cristina: There’s a volcano in my country, but it’s not an active (1) …...
one. Are there any active

(2) ………………………… in your country?

Diego: Yes, there is (3) ………………………… .

Cristina: Have there been many eruptions?

Diego: Yes, (4) ………………………… of them. One was last year, but

(5) ………………………… of them were over a century go. What about your country?

Cristina: There are two, but (6) ………………………… of them are dormant. There were some

eruptions, but (7) ………………………… of them were hundreds of years ago.

There haven’t been (8) ………………………… recently.

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