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Lower Intermediate S1 #2
Opening a Conversation: Part 1
CONTENTS
2 INTRODUCTION
2 DIALOGUE
3 POST CONVERSATION BANTER
3 VOCAB LIST
5 VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
6 LESSON FOCUS
7 OUTRO
8 REPETITION OF DIALOGUE
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INTRODUCTION
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Chihiro: Thanks for being here with us for this lesson. We hope
you find this lesson as well as all of our other lessons useful
Daniel: In this lesson, you will learn how to greet somebody you
a business district.
DIALOGUE
Mike: Hey, Joey. I haven't seen you in awhile. How's it going, man?
Chihiro: Looks like they're going out for a drink sometime soon.
Daniel: Sure does. Pubs and bars are popular social environments that people can go
drink and chat with
Chihiro: Workers may relax in a bar after work or meet up with friends for a few
drinks at the end of the week. Although some restaurants may serve food and
drinks, people go to pubs and bars mainly for the drink and not to eat. So Daniel, do
you go drinking?
Daniel: Not so much these days, I used to. How about you?
VOCAB LIST
Daniel: Okay, let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
Next we have:
Next we have:
Chihiro: The first phrase we’ll look at is, “Haven't seen you in a while.” This is a phrase
used in
situations when two people are meeting after a long time of not seeing one another.
The “How’s it going, man?” in the dialogue is also a phrase that usually follows, and it
simply means “How are you?” The word “man” is slang and is optional.
Daniel: The second phrase we'll look at is, “Let’s talk about it over a beer sometime.”
Joey is suggesting that the two of them go out drinking sometime so that they can
talk about the topic more in depth.
Chihiro: Sounds good. Let's carry on to the grammar point for this lesson.
LESSON FOCUS
Daniel: When talking about events that began and finished before now, the simple
past form is used. It is often used with finished time-expressions like “yesterday” and
“last year.” You make most simple past sentences by adding “-ed” to the end of the
infinitive, which is the dictionary form of the verb.
Chihiro: For example, the verb “to help” in past tense becomes “helped,” spelt h-e-l-p-
e-d. When the verb ends in “-e,” simply add “-d” at the end of the infinitive form. This
is a regular verb.
Chihiro: When the verb ends in “-y” with a vowel, “-a,” “-e,” “-i,” “-o,” “-u” directly before
it, simply add “-ed” like the regular rule, but if it ends in consonant followed by a y,”
change the “y” to “-ied.”
Chihiro: For some verbs that end with a consonant, double the consonant* when
using the past tense. For example, “stop” becomes “stopped,” spelt s-t-o-p-p-e-d.
Daniel: But, if the verb ends in two vowels and one consonant, then don't double the
Chihiro: Now, if the verb ends in two consonants, then don't double the ending
consonant. For example, “want” becomes “wanted,” spelt w-a-n-t-e-d.
Daniel: And finally, only double the ending consonants of stressed syllables. For
example, “prefer” becomes “preferred,” spelled p-r-e-f-e-r-r-e-d, but “wonder” stays as
“wondered,” spelled w-o-n-d-e-r-e-d.
Chihiro: There are irregular verbs as well. You must learn these forms separately.
These may seem like a lot of rules, but you'll learn them through practice.
Daniel: That's right. So here are some examples from the dialogue.
Daniel: Note that the last two verbs are irregular verbs.
Chihiro: We’ll talk more about past tense verbs in future lessons.
Daniel: Be sure to check the lesson notes in the PDF for this lesson.
OUTRO
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REPETITION OF DIALOGUE
Mike: Hey, Joey. I haven't seen you in awhile. How's it going, man?