During Spring vacation, I went to We took pictures with all
Tokyo Disneyland with my friends the characters at Disneyland
Oh yeah? /Oh really? / Oh really/ Oh yeah? / Uh-huh.
Oh (that’s) nice. ① Oh (that’s) nice. ②
Oh (sounds like) fun./ Oh (sounds like) fun.
Oh how was it?/ Characters? Sounds fun!
Oh did you have fun? Pictures? That’s nice.
At Disneyland, I rode on
the “corkscrew”
“Corkscrew? What’s that?”“Corkscrew? What’s corkscrew?”
[It’s a rollercoaster] ③
After I got home from Disneyland
I rode on the rollercoaster at I had a sore throat.
Disneyland about 50 times. Oh no! / That’’s too bad.
Wow! / 50 times?! Wow! / ④ A sore throat? / A sore throat ⑤
Wow! That’—(adjective)— You had a sore throat?
(That’s a lot! / That’s too many!) You had a sore throat? Oh no.
When I started university, I After badminton games, we often go
entered the badminton club. out drinking. ⑦
Oh yeah? / Oh really? / Uh-huh Oh really? / Uh-huh. / Oh yeah?
Badminton? / Oh badminton./ Drinking? / Ohh, drinking!
Oh badminton. That’s fun! You go out drinking? That sounds fun!
You entered the badminton club?⑥ session. / Drinking? Sounds fun.
When I became a second- I hated being the leader of the
grader, I had to become the badminton club.
leader of the badminton club! Really? / Oh really?/ Oh yeah? /
badminton club! ⑧ Why? / How come? / Oh you did? ⑨
The leader of the club? Wow! You hated? / Hated?
Oh really? / You had to? Oh no! / That’s too bad.
You were the leader of the club?
The other club members realized I Butthey said there was nobody else
didn’t wantto be the leader of the who could be club leader. So I had to
club. ⑩ be leader. ⑪
Oh yeah? / Oh really? / Uh-huh. Oh really? / Oh yeah? / Oh no.
(Oh) That’s good. / Oh they did? (Oh) that’s too bad. / (Oh) that’s a drag.
The recent holiday was my friend’s We planned a surprise party for my
birthday. friend’s birthday. ⑬
Oh yeah? / Oh really? / Birthday? Oh yeah? Fun! / Oh you did? That’s nice!
Oh it was? It was herbirthday?⑫ (Oh)(that’s) nice. / (Oh) (That) Sounds fun!
A surprise party? / A surprise party? Great!
For her birthday, we made a
custard pudding.
(Ohh)(That) sounds delicious. ⑭
Custard pudding! Sounds yummy!
Oh you did? How did it go? [It went good/great]
How did your friend like it? [She loved it. / She was very happy.]
When I first moved to Nagasaki to start
university, I felt homesick. ⑮
(Oh) yeah? / Oh no. You did? /
Oh you did? That’s too bad. / Homesick? That’s too bad
You felt homesick?
I worried whether I could dohousework But finally, I learned how to take care
housework of myself, and now I’m happy here.
(Oh) yeah? / (Oh) really? (Oh) (that’)s good / (Oh) (that’s) cool.
Oh you did? / You worried? ⑯ (Oh) (that’s) great. ⑰
Well, so how’d it go?
Make Your Own Conversation
One partner as A and partner 2 and partner 3 take turns as B
Topic #1:School Trip (A Memory)
A. I was thinking recently about my
high school trip.
B.Oh yeah? / Uh-huh
High school trip?
Where’d you go?
Oh yeah? Where’d you go?
A. We went to
B. [Repeat Place Name]! /
[Repeat?] Oh that’s------
+ Question
[example: What’d you do there?]
A. [Talk about what you did there]
B. [Reaction]
A. [It was / (a nice time/an exciting trip/a good memory/…) So how ‘bout you?
What about your memory?
[REPEAT Steps]
Topic #2: A fun time you had recently
- {The other day/Last weekend/During golden week} I (or we/my friends and I / my family and I} had a good time.
- Oh yeah?/ Uh-huh./
A good time? / Oh you did?
Yeah? / Yeah? + Question {What’d you do?}
A. We
B. [Reaction]
A. [It was / (a nice time/an fun day[night]/We had [a nice time/a fun time/a blast]
What about you? Tell me about a fun time you had recently.
[REPEAT Steps]
Recently I got my driver’s license.
Oh yeah? / Oh really? / Oh you did?
Your driver’s license? / Oh that’s good.
Oh good! / Oh great! / ⑫
(Oh) You got your driver’s license.
I didn’t want to get my license, because I’m afraid of driving because I worry about
I’m afraid of driving. having an accident.
Afraid? / You were afraid? / (Oh) right. / (Oh) I see. / ⑭
[Why? / How come?]*/ ⑬ (Oh) an accident.
Oh really? +/Oh yeah?+
I managed to pass safely the exam I was thinking recently about my
for local area driving high school trip.
(Oh)(That’s) good / Oh yeah? / Oh you were?
(Oh)(That’s) great. ⑮ Where’d you go?
Local area? Oh yeah? Where’d you go?
Oh yeah? + / Really + High school trip?