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Let’s go. Revising Social Situations
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Do you want to visit London? Listen to a conversation of two people who are deciding where to go in London. Listen carefully and do the listening comprehension test. With this activity, you will learn and revise useful sentences and expressions for everyday life. Another self-evaluation test is included to check your knowledge. Are you ready to talk to other people? Let's try.
The Tower Bridge in London
1. What shall we do?
Listen to this conversation and do the test. You have to match the five expressions above with the ones bellow so that they can form a meaningful sentence. But first, read the instructions by pressing the Instrucciones button.
Big Ben and Saint Paul's Cathedral
2. Useful sentences for social situations
In this list, there are some sentences inside each section. The words in CAPITAL LETTERS are the important expressions which cannot be changed and to which you can add different items to complete the sentence, like this:
I'D LIKE a coke - I'D lIKE an ice-cream
| 1.
ASKING FOR
SOMETHING Two tickets to London, please. I'D LIKE a cup of cofee. HAVE YOU GOT any change? I'M LOOKING FOR a dress. CAN I HAVE a sandwich? COULD I borrow your bike? COULD YOU lend me your bike? |
YES -Yes, of course. -Sure. Here you are. -Certainly, sir/madam. |
NO -I'm afraid I haven't got any/one. -I'm sorry, but it's broken. |
| 2.
OFFERING
SOMETHING DO YOU WANT some biscuits? WOULD YOU LIKE a coke? HOW ABOUT an orange juice? DO YOU FEEL LIKE a coke? DO YOU FANCY a lemonade? |
YES -Yes, please. -Yes, I'd love it. |
NO -No, thank you. -I don't feel like it. |
| 3.
OFFERING
HELP I'LL carry the cases for you. CAN I HELP you with the cooking? SHALL I mend it for you? DO YOU WANT ME to help you? |
YES -Please. -Yes, if you like. -That's very kind/nice of you. |
NO -That's all right. -Never mind. -I can manage. Thank you anyway. |
| 4.
ASKING FOR A FAVOUR CAN/COULD YOU do me a favor? WILL/WOULD YOU pass the salt? WOULD YOU MIND helping me? |
YES -Of course. -Sure. Here you are. -No, I don't (mind). |
NO -I'm afraid I can't. -Im sorry, but... |
| 5.
ASKING FOR
PERMISSION CAN/COULD/MAY I go out? DO YOU MIND IF I make a call? IS IT O.K. IF I open the window? |
YES -Please do. -No, I don't (mind). -Yes, of course. |
NO -Well, actually... |
| 6.
INVITING OR SUGGESTING DO YOU WANT TO come home? WOULD YOU LIKE TO go out? WHY DON'T WE play tennis? DO YOU FEEL LIKE walking? HOW ABOUT going for a walk? LET'S go to the party. SHALL WE go on holiday? |
YES -Yes, I would. -That's a good idea. -Great! -I'd love to. -All right/O.K. -That would be lovely. -Why not? |
NO -No, I wouldn't. -I'd like to, but... -I'm sorry, but... -I'm afraid... -Well, actually... -... Thank you anyway. |
| 7.
GIVING
ADVICE YOU SHOULD stay at home. WHY DON'T YOU phone the police? YOU'D BETTER go to bed. IF I WERE YOU, I'D buy it. |
YES -All right/O.K. -Yes, you are right. |
NO -Thank you, but... |
| 8.
ASKING FOR
SUGGESTIONS SHALL I buy this jacket? What SHALL WE do? |
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| 9.
ASKING FOR
DIRECTIONS WHERE IS the railway station, please? HOW CAN I get/GO TO the zoo? IS THERE a post office near here? |
YES -The second turn on the left. -Go straight on and it's on your right |
NO -I'm afraid I'm a stranger here. -Sorry, I don't know. -No, there isn't. |
Natural History Museum. (Thanks to Maise Herrero for the photographs of London.)
3. Test for revising
Here is another test with twenty questions related to social situations where you may often be involved. It's not difficult and you will see that you know much more than you expected.
4. Write and record a conversation
Finally, you may write a comment including a conversation and using the expressions learnt and revised above. You might even record it with a classmate and the help of your teacher. You can also write the conversation in this editor and then send it to your teacher or print it.
If you are an advanced student, this BBC Learning English web page might interest you.
5. A virtual visit to London
If you want to know London and londoners, you may want to visit theses sites:
Por Alejandro Valero en Inglés el 26.03.06 con 8 comentarios
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[1] Por Jesus y Marina el 13.01.11/12:09 
Responder
What shall we do first?
-We can go to London.
- Do you want to go to London eye?
-Yes, I want to go to London eye. Because people said to me London eye is very beautiful
-Or do you prefer to go to Tower Bridge?
-Yes of course I prefer to go to Tower Brigde. Because when i was in London, i saw and it was fantastic.
[2] Por Alvaro y Laura el 13.01.11/12:09 Responder
-What shall we do first?
- We can go to London.
- What about visiting some interseting places?
- what do you thing about going to an important pub here, and have a beer?
- Ok, that's a perfect idea.
- Oh let's go. But then? where can we go after the pub?
- Well maybe we can visit Trafalgar Square, it's a typical place here!
- But first we need a map, let's buy it and then we enjoy our day in London :D
[3] Por Elena y Jaime el 13.01.11/12:12 
Responder
-what shall we do first?
-Let\'s go to the buckingham palace!
-Ok and then we can visit the tower of London
-Great and finally we can see the London eye.
[4] Por Elena y Carlos el 13.01.11/12:12 Responder
what shall we do first?
we can go to the london open spaces?
yes we go to see the streets art in london
and then?
well ... what about going to a pub?
yes ok we can go to the cittie of yorke
Elena Vázquez y Carlos Cordero
[5] Por Marta y MarÃa el 13.01.11/12:13 Responder
-What shall we do first?
-We can go to the london eye then we can go to the buckingham palace.Do you agree with me?
-Yes of course. After having dinner we could go to the titanic's exhibition.
[6] Por Eduardo y Laura el 13.01.11/12:14 Responder
Laura: Hi Edu! Tell me, what do you want to do today my dear? 
Edu: Oh, I would like to see a horror film!
Laura: Would you like to go to the cinema?
Edu: Yes, of course. 
Laura: So we should go to Gran Vía's cinema. What can we do after that?
Edu: Then we can have dinner in a nice restaurant ψ
Laura: Oh! That sound good to me! Wich restaurant would you prefer?
Edu: I like Mc Donals because I like watching fat people eating.. 
Laura: Well.. I prefer to go to a Kebab.. I thing that Mc Donald's food is unhealthy..
Edu: It's ok, but I don't like turkish food too much... 
Laura: You can eat a salad, don't worry!!!!!
Edu: Ok, I'll eat a salad then 
Laura: So let's go!
Edu: Let's go!
[7] Por jose manuel y pablo el 13.01.11/12:14 Responder
A:what do you want to do today?
B:i want to go to a bar.
A:ok perfect, and after that?
B:we can go to see a football match
A:ok, it sounds good to me.
B: perfect, at what time we go out?
A:at six o'clock at my home, and to the match at half past nine.
[8] Por Eduardo y Diego el 13.01.11/12:15 Responder
A: "What shall we do first?"
B: "We can go to the London Eye and after we can visit the Big Ben"
A: "But I prefer going to Picadilly Circus."
B: "Well, what are we going to do tomorrow?"
A: "I'd like to go to the London's tower bridge. Where can we eat after that?"
B: "I know a restaurant near to the London's tower brigde, and we can eat "fish and chips."
A: " Great! it sounds so good to me!"
