Answer questions with different verb tenses

  1. What is your favorite sport? Why?
  2. Why did you start studying English?
  3. If you could study any other language, what would it be? Why?
  4. How is your life different from your parents’ lives?
  5. What did you like to do with your family when you were a child?
  6. How is your life different from what your children’s lives will be?
  7. Who is the most important person in your life? Why?
  8. Who are more important, friends or family? Why?
  9. What do you remember about your last day in your country before you came here?
  10. If you only had one week in WashintonState, what would you do?
  11. If some students in this class were going to visit your home city, where would you take them? What could they do there?
  12. What did you think about the United States before you came here? How have your ideas changed?
  13. Why did you choose to come to the northwestern part of the United States?
  14. What is something that you like to eat today that you did not like to eat as a child?
  15. What would you be doing if you did not come to the U.S.?
  16. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
  17. How is shopping different in the U.S. than in your country?
  18. What do you remember about your first day in the United States?
  19. How often do you go to the movies? What kind of movies do you like?
  20. If you could teach a class in any subject, what would you teach?
  21. If you could only listen to three musicians for the next 2 years, who would you listen to?
  22. What is the next book you want to read?
  23. Did you have a pet when you were a child? What can you tell me about him or her?
  24. Why is language important for you?
  25. What do you like doing on rainy days?
  26. What do you like doing on sunny days?
  27. What is something you did as a child that you don’t do today?
  28. Why is math important for you?
  29. If you had to choose between not having electricity or not having running water, which would you choose? Why?
  30. How much time do you spend on a computer each day? Why?
  31. How would your life be different if there were no airplanes?
  32. When was the first time you saw snow? What did you think?
  33. What do you do to practice English when you are not in school?
  34. What is the best advice you have for someone who wants to study your first language?
  35. What is your earliest memory?
  36. How many children do you want to have some day?
  37. Who was your favorite teacher when you were a child? Why?
  38. If you could meet any person that is alive today, who would you meet? Also, what would you ask him or her?
  39. If you could travel back in time, what year would you want to visit? Why?
  40. If you could travel anywhere in the world for two weeks, where would you go? What would you do?

Asking Questions

Can you ask a question using correct grammar to get the answers below?

I’m fine. / How are you?
My name is Ted.
I am from Andover, Massachusetts.
My home town is near Boston.
I have 2 brothers and no sisters.
I am married.
I have one child.
She is 10 months old.
I moved to Washington in 2001.
I moved to Washington to be close to my wife’s family.
My home town is 3000 miles from Shoreline.
I have been at Shoreline since 2005.
I like to canoe, hike, take pictures, and play with my daughter.
When I was a child, I liked to play the saxophone.
My favorite restaurant is in Sucre, Bolivia.
Its name is Kaypichu.
I am going to the beach this weekend.

Agree/Disagree

Partner A) Explain why you think one of the two is better.

Partner B) Disagree with partner A, and explain why.

  1. day or night
  2. red or green
  3. cities or the country
  4. ice cream or vegetables
  5. a sunny day or a rainy day
  6. winter or summer
  7. mothers or fathers
  8. visting your family or going on a vacation by yourself
  9. milk or juice
  10. relaxing or having an adventure
  11. movies or books
  12. fire or water
  13. a bicycle or a car
  14. Superman or Batman
  15. paper bags or plastic bags
  16. having a child when you are 20 or having a child at 30

Stating your opinion / Disagreeing / Giving reasons and explanations
  • I think...
  • In my opinion...
  • In my experience…
  • The way I see it...
  • If it were up to me...
  • I suppose...
  • I suspect that...
  • I'm pretty sure that...
  • It is fairly certain that...
  • I'm convinced that...
  • I honestly feel that…
  • I strongly believe that...
  • Without a doubt…
/
  • That’s a good idea, but…
  • You make a good point, but…
  • I agree with you to a point, but…
  • I like what you are saying, but…
  • That may be true, but…
  • I understand what you are saying, but…
  • I don't think that...
  • Don't you think it would be better if...
  • I don't agree with that.
  • But what about _x__...
  • Have you thought about __X__
  • I'm afraid I don't agree.
I’m sorry to disagree, but…. /
  • The reason why...
  • For this reason...
  • Many people think....
  • When you consider that...

Advice

Your partner is visiting your home city for the first time. Give them advice for each situation using different advice phrases. (you should, must, need to, have to…It would be a good idea to…You might want to…Do this…Don’t do that…)

  1. I am visiting your family.
  2. I am lost and don’t remember how to find my hotel.
  3. I am going on a first date with someone from your country.
  4. My camera is broken and I need a new one.
  5. It is my first day going to classes.
  6. I was driving too fast and a policeman is pulling me over.
  7. I have two days to travel.
  8. I am going to meet the leader of your country.
  9. My car is stolen.
  10. I want to go to a good restaurant.

How to

Can you explain how to do something in 5 steps using different helping verbs (should, could, have to, need to, must…

You can
You could
You might want to
It would be a good idea to
It is important that you
You should
You had better
You have to
You need to
You must / You can’t
You can’t
You might not want to
It wouldn’t be a good idea to
It is important that you don’t
You shouldn’t
You had better not
You can’t
You can’t
You can’t

Comparisons:

Make a comparison sentence using the words below.

  1. friendly
  2. healthy
  3. tall
  4. beautiful
  5. angry
  6. delicious
  7. small
  8. young
  9. silent
  10. loud
  11. helpful
  12. clean
  13. modern
  14. important
  15. money
  16. cars
  17. people
  18. traffic
  19. buildings
  20. rain

L/R

A

berry / belly
branch / Blanch / branch / Blanch
pray / play / pray / play / pray / play / pray / play
rake / lake / rake / lake / rake / lake / rake / lake / rake / lake / rake / lake / rake / lake / rake / lake
fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly / fry / fly
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B

right / light
rink / link / rink / link
crowd / cloud / crowd / cloud / crowd / cloud / crowd / cloud
rain / lane / rain / lane / rain / lane / rain / lane / rain / lane / rain / lane / rain / lane / rain / lane
raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law / raw / law
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C

frame / flame
ramp / lamp / ramp / lamp
fruit / flute / fruit / flute / fruit / flute / fruit / flute
read / lead / read / lead / read / lead / read / lead / read / lead / read / lead / read / lead / read / lead
rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie / rye / lie
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D

wrong / long
rice / lice / rice / lice
crime / climb / crime / climb / crime / climb / crime / climb
rot / lot / rot / lot / rot / lot / rot / lot / rot / lot / rot / lot / rot / lot / rot / lot
row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low / row / low
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TH/T/D/S

A

though / doe
father / fodder / father / fodder
thought / taught / thought / taught / thought / taught / thought / taught
math / mat / math / mat / math / mat / math / mat / math / mat / math / mat / math / mat / math / mat
bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat / bath / bat
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B

thick / sick
think / sink / think / sink
mouth / mouse / mouth / mouse / mouth / mouse / mouth / mouse
thigh / sigh / thigh / sigh / thigh / sigh / thigh / sigh / thigh / sigh / thigh / sigh / thigh / sigh / thigh / sigh
path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass / path / pass
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C

thought / taught
those / doze / those / doze
thanks / tanks / thanks / tanks / thanks / tanks / thanks / tanks
boat / both / boat / both / boat / both / boat / both / boat / both / boat / both / boat / both / boat / both
they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day / they / day
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D

thinker / tinker
thorn / torn / thorn / torn
there / dare / there / dare / there / dare / there / dare
tin / thin / tin / thin / tin / thin / tin / thin / tin / thin / tin / thin / tin / thin / tin / thin
than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan / than / Dan
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