During Spring Vacation, I Went To

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”

[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

1. {The other day/Last weekend/During golden week} I (or we/my friends and I / my family and I} had a good time.
2. 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?