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CHAPTER01:STARTI
NGACONVERSATI
ON
·Gr
eet
ings:

Goodmorning!
Goodaf
ternoon!
Goodev
ening!

§Madam/si
r
§Mi
ss..
/Mr
s..
/Ms.
./
Mr.
.Hel
l
o/Hi

·ASKI
NGHEALTH(manont anyfahasalamana)
Howarey ou?
Howisitgoing?
Howarey oudoing?
Responsei fyouaregood( Vali
nyrahat
oakasal
amaanao)
àI’mingoodshape, thanks.
àI‟mv erygood, t
hanky ou.
àI’m prett
ygood, t
hanks
àCan‟ tcompl ai
n!
ifyouar enotgood( v al
inyrahatoakat
sysal
amaanao)
I’
m notgood
I’
mi nbadshape
Idon’tfeelgoodtoday
Ifeelbadt oday

Ot
heract
ivi
ti
es:y
ourvacat
ion/yourtr
ipto..
..
/y ourmeet
ing/t
heconfer
ence/t
heconcer
t
Ot
heradj
ecti
ves:f
ant
asti
c!Nice!Bet
ter!Ter
rif
ic!Horr
ibl
e!Ti
ri
ng!Bor
ing

ASKINGNEWS
What‟snew?
What‟sup?
Response:àNothi
ngmuch/Notmuch
àNot
hingspeci
al
What’
supf r
om y
ou?

CHAPTER02:REQUESTI
NGANDGI
VINGPERSONAL
I
NFORMATION

What ’
sy ourname, please?
àMynamei s..
..Pleasecallme.
..
.
Howdoy ouspellthat?
I
tspel l
s…….
ASKI NGSOMEBODY’ SJOB
Whatdoy oudo( foral i
vi
ng) ?
àI‟
m astudent .
àI‟
m adoct or.
àI‟
m amechani c.
Whatcompanydoy ouwor kf or?
Wheredoy ouwor k?
àIworkfor..
...
(Socot aGr oup)
àIworkinabank.
àI‟
m aself-empl oyedper son
Whatarey ou?
àIworkasasecr etary/I‟m asecr etar
y.
àI‟
m anaccount ant
Wheredoy ougot oschool ?
àIstudyat..
..
...
Ar
ey oumar ried?
àYes,Iam.

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àNo,Iam ( st
il
l)single/divor
ced/separat
ed.
Howoldar ey ou?
àI‟
m. .
..
.(yearsol d)
Doyouhav eanybr othersandsister
s?
àYesIhav eonebr otherandtwosister
s.
Wheredoy oul ive?
àIl
iveat..
..
...
/in..
...
..
.
Whatisyournat i
onality?
àI‟
m Mal agasy /Afri
can/Amer i
can.
Wheredoy oucomef r
om?
àIcomef rom Madagacascar /America
What’
sy ourreligi
on?
àI‟
m aCat holic.
àI‟
m aPr otestant.
àI‟
m aMusl i
m.

CHAPTER03:ASKI NGANDTELLI NGDIRECTI ONS

Wherearey ougoi ngnow?
àI‟
m goingt ochur ch( t
opray)toschool
(tostudy)
t
omar ket(t
obuyort osell
)
t
ohospital(asapat i
ent)
t
owor k(asawor ker )
t
othedoctor ‟s.
t
othemot her‟ s
NOTE: I
‟m goi ngtot hechurch(nottopr
ay)
I
‟m goi
ngtot hecat hedral
/off
ice/ci
nema/theater
.

CHAPTER04:WHEREDOYOUCOMEFROM ?
(Countri
es/Nat i
onal
it
ies)
àIcomef rom :Madagascar
/Mal
agasy
Germany /German
Norway /Nor wegi
an
Switzerl
and/Swi ss
Denmar k/Danish
Poland/Pol i
sh
Spain/Spanish
Brazil
/Brazil
i
an
China/Chinese
Japan/Japanese

CHAPTER05:ENDI
NGACONVERSATI
ON

Pre-
closingphrases:
It
‟sbeenni cet
alki
ngtoyou,
butImustgonow
Ishouldbegoing.
Ihavetogonow.
I‟
m sorrybutIhavetogonow.

Closingphr ases
Seey ou( l
ater/
soon)
Bye/Goodby e/Bye-bye
Takecar e
Takei teasy.
Solong.
Cheer i
o.
Askingsomeonet oconv eywi shes:
Remembermet o(
your )
..
..
..
..
..
Sayhel l
otoy ourmot herforme.
Tellhim goodby e(
forme)!
àI‟l
l passyourmessage/I ‟
llpassiton.(
Johnaskedt
ober
emember
edt
oyou)

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àOh,
that
‟sv
eryki
ndofhi
m.

CHAPTER06:ARRANGI
NGTOMEETSOMEONE

Coul
dwear r
anget omeetsoon?
Let
‟smeetagain.
Whydon‟twemeetagai n?
àWhynot?Wher eisthemeeti
ngpl
ace?Wher
eshal
lwemeet
?
Whereist
herendezvous?
Shal
lIcometoy ourpl
ace?

àWhenandwhatt imear ewemeet i

ng?
àWhenar eyouav ai
labl
e/ f
ree?
What‟syourschedul eli
ket hi
sFri
day?
WouldnextSaturdaymor ningbeconveni
ent
?
WouldSaturdaybebet t
er?
WhataboutSat urdayluncht i
me?
Canyoumakei tonSat urday?
àThatsuit
smef ine.
àThat‟sOKf orme.

CHAPTER07:WELCOMI NGSOMEONE
Whoi st her e?
àIt‟
s...
.....
..
....Comei n!Howni ce/goodofy outocome!
Docomei n!
George, it‟sni ce/ goodt oseey ou.Comeoni n
Haveaseat , please!/Pl easebeseat ed!
àThanky ou.Wi l
lyouhav esomet hingtodr i
nk?
Whatwoul dy oul i
ke( t
odr ink)?
Wouldy oul ikeacupoft eaorcof fee?
àWi t
hpl easur e
àHav ey ougotany ..
...
..
..
.?
àNo, thanky ou/No, t
hanksPl easemakey oursel
fcomf ort
abl
e.
Pl
easemakey ourselfathome.
àWel l
, givemesome. ..
..
..
...
..then.Thanky ouforthev i
sit
.WhatcanIdof oryou?
So,wher ear ey oucomi ngf rom r i
ghtnow?Whatbr i
ngsy ouourwayt oday ?
Whatbr i
ngsy ouher e?
àI‟vecomet o....
..
..
àI‟mj ustcomi ngt o...
..
..
..
....
..
I
‟ll
showy ouar oundt hehouse.
That‟st he. ..
....
...
Thisonei st he. .
..
...
..
.andt hatonet he..
..
..
..
..
...
.
HOUSE- ROOMS: Livi
ngr oom, diningroom, bedroom, ki
tchentoi
let
,bathroom, spar
e/guestr
oom.

CHAPTER08:ASKINGSOMEONEWHATTHEYAREDOI
NG?
Whatar
eyoudoingnow?

àI
‟m doingthewashing.
àI
‟m doingthewashingup.
àI
‟mt i
dyingtheroom.
àI
‟mironing
àI
‟m sweepingthefl
oor.

CHAPTER09:OFFERI
NGHELP

(Doyou)needanyhel
p?
(Doyou)wantanyhel
p?
(Doyou)needahand?
(Doyou)wantahand?
CanIhelpyou?

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CanIgiveyouahand?
CanIdoany thi
ngt ohel p?
àIfi
t‟
snot rouble.
àIfy
oudon‟ tmind.
àIfy
ouwoul dn‟tmi nd.
àIdon‟twanttobot heryou
àIdon‟twanttot roubley ou
àIdon‟twanttoi nconv eniencey
ou.
àIdon‟twanttoputy ouout .
àIdon‟twanttoputy out oanytroubl
e.
àDon‟tworryabouti t
.
àThat‟
sokay /allright.