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Continue the dialogue.
When the dialogues have been completed, each pair practises their dialogue orally, accompanying their
conversation with the handling of appropriate goods and money.
If a suitable tape is available, it can now be used for listening comprehension to give the better
students some ideas of how they can expand the situation.
A: Good morning, Mrs MacDonald.
: Good morning.
A: Lovely day, isn't it?
: Yes, very warm for April.
A: What can I do for you today?
: I'd like half a dozen eggs, some bacon …
A: Er Danish or English?
: Danish, I think About a pound, please, and some strawberry jam.
A: Here you are, anything else?
: No, thanks, that's all.
A: That'll be 2, 11.
: The price of things! Here you are.
A: Thank you, and here's your change.
: Goodbye.
A: Goodbye, Mrs MacDonald.
Expanded versions of the dialogues can be recorded and listened to later on or written down in the
notebooks
Give instructions how to boil an egg
make a cup of coffee
make a cup of tea
make a salad
make soup
make an omelette
Complete the conversation. Put in the correct form.
A: This table is lovely, look. The wood is/are beautiful.
: Yes, these chairs looks/look very stylish too.
A: But they is/are rather expensive.
: And has/have the table got a price on it?
A: Yes, it cost/costs 300 pounds.
: I'm sure prices has/have gone up. Things wasn't/weren't so expensive last year.
Key: is, look, are, has, costs, have, weren't.
Put in "was/were "
We really enjoyed the party. All the rooms 1 … crowded with people Everyone 2 … enjoying
themselves. A lot of people 3 … dancing All the people. 4 … very smart. One of the guests. 5 … quite
well-known; he was the actor Melvyn Harper. Each guest 6 … welcomed by the hostess in person. It's a
lovely house, you know. A number of people 7 … swimming in the pool in the garden. I didn't know
many of the guests. None of my friends 8 … there.
Key: 1 were; 2 was; 3 were; 4 were; 5 was; 6 was; 7 were; 8 was/ were.
A policeman is talking about his job. Put in the correct form.
1. Every policeman is/are given special training for the job.