Mari: Hi, Blake. What’s going on? Blake: Not much. Mari: Wanna come over for dinner tonight? Blake: That’d be great! Now let’s review the vocabulary What’s going on? is an informal greeting in American …
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Doctor: What seems to be the problem? Cathy: Well, I have a bad cough and a sore throat. I also have a headache. Doctor: How long have you had these symptoms? Cathy: About …
Jennifer: It’s freezing outside! What happened to the weather report? I thought this cold front was supposed to pass. Gabriela: Yeah, I thought so too. That’s what I read online this morning. Jennifer: I …
Meg: Well, hello there, Julia! Long time no see! Julia: Meg! Hi! What a coincidence! I haven’t seen you in ages! What are you doing here? Meg: I just got a new job in the …
Introduction and Small Talk John: Hi, Alice, it’s John. How are you? Alice: Oh, hi, John! I was just thinking about you. John: That’s nice. I was wondering if you’d like to go to a …
English Words are Stressed when speaking It is very common to use strong form and weak form when speaking in English because English is a stress-time language. It means you stress on content words such as nouns and principal verbs, while …
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Here are ten questions to help you start speaking English. Each of these questions help to begin or continue a conversation. The questions are in two categories: Basic Facts and Hobbies / Free Time. There …
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One of the hardest steps in learning a foreign language is finding the confidence to start a conversation. This is especially difficult when the other person is a native speaker. Here are some tips to …
How to make an English conversation on telephone? A lot of people find that having conversations on telephone in English are much more difficult than talking to people face to face. Some of the reason are …