English Conversation four
Elena: ‘Repair
teacups’… ‘repair’, ‘air’, ‘air’, ‘air’…
Agatha: Hello
darling. What about the air?
Elena: Air… airline… airplane…
Agatha: These are
new words you’re learning at school?
Elena: Yes. We’re
learning words about travel.
Agatha: That’s
useful! Are your teachers nice?
Elena: Yes, they
are very nice.
Agatha: Splendid!
What are you doing?
Elena: I’m
practising… the airplane.
Agatha: You’re
pretending to be…
Elena: ….. I’m
pretending to be on an airplane.
Agatha: That
sounds like fun! Can I pretend too?
Elena: Please! My
teachers want me to practice.
Agatha: Okay.
Well, I can be the glamorous lady at the check-in desk. You’d be the customer.
Okay
Agatha: Next!
Stand here. Can I have your ticket, please?
Elena: Here it
is.
Agatha: And your
passport.
Elena: Here’s my
passport.
Agatha: Thank
you. Do you have any bags to check in?
Elena: I have
this bag.
Agatha: That can
go with you on board as a carry-on.
Elena: Okay.
Carry-on.
Agatha: Now
darling, do you prefer the window or aisle?
Elena: Sorry.
Agatha: Your
seat? The aisle or window?
Elena: Oh! I’d
like the window seat, please.
Agatha: Alright,
here’s your boarding pass. You will be boarding at 10:20 gate 11. Have a nice
trip!
Elena: Thank you.
Agatha: Good
girl, very good!
Elena: Thank you.
Agatha: Where is
your trip to?
Elena: Hum.. Los
Angeles.
Agatha: Well,
then I must be the customs officer.
Elena: Customs?
Agatha: When you
arrive in Los Angeles they check your passport.
Elena: Oh. Yes,
yes.
Agatha: So, I’m
the gorgeous customs officer. You’re the traveler.
Name, please?
Elena: Elena
Fuentes.
Agatha: Can you
spell that?
Elena: F U E N T
E S
Agatha: What’s
the purpose of your visit? Business or pleasure?
Elena: Pleasure!
I’m here on holiday.
Agatha: How long
are you staying?
Elena: Six weeks.
Agatha: And where
are you staying?
Elena: I always
stay with Brad Pitt… of course!
LESSON:
THE VERB “TO HAVE”
Do you have any bags?
I have this small bag
I have
You have
He/ she/it has
We have
They have
Third person singular has
He has a new car
She has a beautiful face
We have many friends
They have a big house
TO HAVE – NEGATIVE FORM
Add don’t/doesn’t before have
I don’t have any money
You don’t have time
She doesn’t have a pen
He doesn’t have a girlfriend
We don’t have the book
TO HAVE – INTERROGATIVE FORM
Add do/does before the subject
Do you have a pencil? Yes, I do.
Does she have any children? Yes, she does
Do they have a dog? No, they don’t
Have you any children?
Yes, I have/ no, I haven’t
WOULD LIKE
Would you
like to taste some?
Used to offer something
I’d like
the window seat please
I’d like
contraction of I would like
Used to express wishes and preferences
I would like
some tea please
Would you like
a sandwich? Yes, I would
Would you like
a salad? No, I wouldn’t
I wouldn’t like
to drink gin and tonic at ten in the morning!
Would you.
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Agatha: You’re
ready? Okay… I have not played the spectacularly beautiful air hostess!
Good afternoon. Welcome to Johnson Airways!
What’s your ticket number, madam?
Elena: My seat’s
24D
Agatha: Right
this way, please! Is this your bag?
Elena: Yes, it
is.
Agatha: Please
place it under your seat… or stow it in the overhead locker.
Now, fasten your seat belts. Can I be the passenger?
Elena: Of course!
Agatha: Excuse
me?
Elena: Yes,
madam?
Agatha: My
headset doesn’t work.
Elena: Oh!
Agatha: Have you
got a newspaper?
Agatha: Excuse
me. Can I have another glass of champagne?
Can I see the duty-free catalogue?
Elena: There it
is!
Agatha: How much
is that in euro?
Elena: Sorry, can
you speak more slowly?
I’m tired.
Agatha:
Travelling is tiring. Let’s check you into your hotel.
Elena: Okay.
Agatha: Good
evening. Welcome to the Johnson Hotel.
Elena: Good
evening. I have booking for tonight.
Agatha: Under
what name, madam?
Elena: Fuentes.
No. Pitt.
Agatha: May I see
your passport, please?
Elena: Here it
is.
Agatha: Thank
you, madam. Here is your room key. Your room number is 217 on the second floor.
Elena: Thank you.
What time tomorrow…?
Agatha: check out
is at 12 noon.
Elena: I’d like a
wake-up call at 8.30, please.
Agatha: Breakfast
is from 7 to 9.
Elena: Thank you.
Agatha: Good
evening.
Elena: The TV
doesn’t work. Do you have a map? The window does not open!....
Agatha: Enough!
Well done!
Elena: Thank you.
Agatha: Now let’s
get some supper!
THE VERB “CAN”
Agatha can have another glass
of champagne
Elena can speak English
I can teach you a lot of
things
There is no s with the
third person singular
I can you can
He/she/it can we can
You can they can
Can is a modal verb- it means ‘to be able to’
I can drive the car
I am able to
drive the car
CAN – NEGATIVE AND
INTERROGATIVE
Can I see the duty-tree catalogue?
Can I smoke? No, you can’t
Negative form – can’t or can not
Interrogative form – can i…? can you…?
Can you go out tonight?
No I can’t, but I want to
CAN AND WANT
I can go out – I have the ability to
do it
I want to go out – I have the desire
to do it
You want to learn English.
Let’s practice it!
THE IMPERATIVE
Please,
place your bag under your seat
Fasten your seatbelt
Please, sit down
Please, give me that duty-free catalogues
Imperative negative – put don’t
in from of it
Don’t smoke
Don’t use your mobile phones
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
This is a ticket
That is a wallet
These are tickets
Those are wallets
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Elena: is that
Britannia Restoration shop? Can you repair a ceramic vase?
Oh, thank you! Where is your shop? Could you say that again?
19A Britannia Street near King’s Cross. I’m sorry, what does
‘tube’ mean?
Oh, the train… the underground! Yes. No, could you say that
again?
Between King’s Cross Road and Gray’s Inn Road.
Thank you very much.
Oh… wait.
Hello? Yes, What time do you close?
Oh dear…. Six! Thank you. Goodbye.
I have to go there before my shift.
Agatha: Hello. Oh
hello, Chang.
Yes, I’m looking forward to tonight!
Where do you want to meet?
Queensway? What time? That’s okay.
I will come from work. I finish at seven, yes.
How do I get there? Okay. I’ll see you later. Bye! Bye!
Agatha: You sound
happy this morning!
Elena: Oh, yes.
Good morning.
Agatha: Can I
have a cup, too?
Elena: Yes, of
course.
Agatha: Are you
going to meet Chang tonight?
Elena: Yes. We
arranged to meet at a restaurant in Queensway. Do you know how to get there?
I’m afraid of the underground. Does the bus go there?
Agatha: Yes, you
can catch the 9.28 going towards Golders Green, and then at Notting Hill Gate
take the 94 bus towards Piccadilly. And then you want….
Elena: That
sounds very difficult!
Agatha: Are you
coming home after work?
Elena: No, I’ll
go directly from work.
Agatha: I think
you should come here and I will help you get dressed. And it won’t take long
from here.
Elena: We’re
meeting at 8.30
Agatha: Well,
then take a cab.
Elena: A ‘cab’.
Agatha: A mini
cab… A taxi?!
Elena: Oh, a
taxi!
Agatha: Do you think
Victor’s having a good time in Brussels?
Elena: Boulogne? Yes,
I’m sure he is.
Agatha: Boulogne!
Yes! I adore everything French. Harold and I have such fond memories of Paris…
Elena: I would
like to go to Paris!
Agatha: You will!
Maybe soon! For your honeymoon! You know, Victor speaks fluent French…
Elena: I need to
find the right man!
Agatha: Well, don’t
look too far!
Elena: Okay!
Agatha. I’m going to get dressed. Bye.
Agatha: Bye, bye.
THE LESSON
COULD
Could is the past of Can
Britannica Restoration can repair the
ceramic vase
Elena could go there after work
I could, you could, he/she/it could
We could, you could, they could
No s on the third person singular
COULD – NEGATIVE AND
INTERROGATIVE
Put not after could – Could not or couldn’t
Elena could not repair the ceramic
vase
She couldn’t repair the ceramic vase
The interrogative form is could you…?
Could you say again?
Could you speak more slowly?
WHEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND…..
What’s a cab?
What does ‘tube ’ mean?
What does the word ‘tube’ mean?
THE WERB ‘TO WANT’
Elena wants to
repair the vase
I want to
help you with your English
Agatha wants to
help her
Not Agatha wants help her
HAVE TO
I have to go there before my shift
You have to practice your English
every day
I have to stay on a diet if I don’t
want to get fat
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