Tuesday, October 5, 2010

conversation

When visiting someones house for a dinner or party it's good to remember a few simple things for English gramma and manners.
Grammar points
offering: Would you like some _______? (no count)
Would you like a ________? (countable)
Would you like something to __v___?
accepting: Yes please / OK / Sure, a cup of tea please.

Refusing: No thank you. I have to _________.(excuse)
sorry I can't eat ______. / sorry I don't like ________

Complimenting: Your __n____ is very ___a____.
Your __dress looks __great____.
The __chicken_____ smells nice .
What a wonderful car you have.

 Next fill in the gaps with these words:

  Pumpkin, Oh, have, mashed, would, sorry,         glass, like, ready, just, pass, come, favorite,       delicious, take, while, late, for, what, leave,         something, won't, help, really, smells, pumpkin

Ding, Dong
Anne: “Hi. Please ______ in.”
Felicity: “Thanks, hope I'm not too ______.”
Anne: “No problem, would you like ______ to drink?”
Felicity: “Yes. Just a ____ of water please. And ____a nice
house you have.”
Anne: “Why thank you. Please ______ a seat, dinner is
almost ready.”
Felicity: “______ good! What are you cooking”
Anne: “Lamb roost.”
Felicity: “Wow My ______!”
Anne: “______ you like a glass of wine ______ you wait.”
Felicity: “No thank you. I ______ to drive.”
Anne: “But I bought this Chardonnay ____ for today. Here
have a glass.”
Felicity: “Well I guess one ______ hurt.”
Anne: “Dinner is ____. Here's the roost. Here's the ______
potatoes, here's the vegetables and this gravy is
______ good. Please______ yourself.”
Felicity: “The lamb and the gravy is very ______!”
Anne: “Thank you, eat as much as you ______.”
Felicity: “The baked ______ is good too, try some!”
Anne: “______ I don't like pumpkin.”
Felicity: “Really? But, but. I made... Well all the more____me.”
Anne: “Can you ______the salt please.”
Felicity: “Sorry this salt is for the ______ only. And I
suddenly don't feel so well. I think you should ______.”
Anne: “______.”

 Question: Why do you think Felicity suddenly wants Anne to go home?

2 comments:

  1. Because Anne did not eat baked pumpkin.
    Minako

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  2. Thats right she didn't eat the baked pumpkin and it made her mad.

    And the answers for are:

    Anne: “Hi. Please _come_____ in.”
    Felicity: “Thanks, hope I'm not too __late____.”
    Anne: “No problem, would you like __something____ to drink?”
    Felicity: “Yes. Just a _glass___ of water please. And _what___a nice
    house you have.”
    Anne: “Why thank you. Please __have____ a seat, dinner is
    almost ready.”
    Felicity: “__smells____ good! What are you cooking”
    Anne: “Lamb roost.”
    Felicity: “Wow My _favorite_____!”
    Anne: “__would____ you like a glass of wine _while_____ you wait.”
    Felicity: “No thank you. I _have_____ to drive.”
    Anne: “But I bought this Chardonnay _just___ for today. Here have a glass.”
    Felicity: “Well I guess one _won't____ hurt.”
    Anne: “Dinner is _ready___. Here's the roost. Here's the __mashed____ potatoes, here's the vegetables and this gravy is _really_____ good. Please_help_____ yourself.”
    Felicity: “The lamb and the gravy is very _delicous_____!”
    Anne: “Thank you, eat as much as you _like__.”
    Felicity: “The baked _pumpkin_____ is good too, try some!”
    Anne: “__sorry____ I don't like pumpkin.”
    Felicity: “Really? But, but. I made... Well all the more_for___me.”
    Anne: “Can you _pass_____the salt please.”
    Felicity: “Sorry this salt is for the __pumpkin____ only. And I
    suddenly don't feel so well. I think you should __leave____.”
    Anne: “__oh____.”

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