Speaking Situations

Leisure Activities

• SI: I am your friend. We are making plans to go to the movies this weekend.

• SI: I am your friend. We are making plans to go to a concert.

• TI: Tomorrow is your birthday. I want to know what you would like to do to celebrate

• TI: I am your friend and summer is here. We discuss our plans for the summer

Leisure Activities

• TI: I am a classmate. I am interested in knowing what you do after school

• TI: I am your host parent. We will discuss your favorite pastime.

• TI: Tomorrow is your birthday. I am your friend, and I want to know what you would like to do to celebrate.

Health

• TI: I am your doctor. You are not feeling well and you have come to see me for help

• TI: I am your friend. I am in the hospital. You come to visit me

Food

• SI: I am your friend. We are looking at a menu in a restaurant. We are deciding what to order.

• SI: You are in a restaurant. I am th waiter. You explain to me why your meal is not staisfacory

• I am your friend. I want you to have dinner with me at an elegant restaurant.

Food

• TI: I am your host parent and I have noticed that you are not eating your meals. We discuss this situation.

• TI: I am a grocery storeowner. You are buying food for a picnic.

• SI: I am your host parent. You would like to invite a few friends for dinner

• TI: I am your host parent. I want to prepare a special meal for you

Personal Identification

• SI: I am a new student in your school. You want to get to know me.

• TI: I am your friend. We have just left a party and we are discussing some interesting people we met there.

• SI: I am your friend. We are at a party and you have just seen someone you would like to meet. You ask for my help.

• SI: We are sitting next to each other at a café and start talking

Shopping

• SI: You are shopping for a gift to bring back home. I am a salesclerk.

• SI: I am your classmate and we are thinking about buying a present for our teacher.

• TI: You and I are friends and we are shopping together. I see an item I really want, but I do not have enough money to buy it.

• SI: I am your friend. We are in a store to buy a present for our teacher.

• TI: We are going to a party and you don’t know what to wear

House, Chores

• SI: I am your friend. You are planning to rearrange your room. We talk about what you plan to do.

• TI: I am your neighbor. I am offering to pay you to do some jobs around my house.

• SI: I am your friend. You complain about the extra work you have been asked to do around the house.

Travel

• TI: I am a travel agent and we are going to discuss your plans for a short trip

• SI: I am your friend and it is almost vacation time. We will talk about our plans

• TI: We have just heard about a school trip and have to decide if we want to go.

• SI: I am a ticket agent in a train station and you need some information for a trip that you want to take

• SI: I am at the desk in a hotel and you are not satisfied with your room

• SI: You are on vacation and stop to ask for directions

Jobs/Professions

• SI: I am your employer. You want to earn more money

• SI: You have to leave work early today. You are coming to talk to me about it.

• TI: We are talking about the ways teenagers in the US earn spending money.

The City

• TI: You have been asked to discuss the place where you live in the US on a radio program. I will be interviewing you

• TI: I am a neighbor of your host family and want to know about your hometown.

School

• SI: We talk about the differences and similarities in school schedules of typical students in your country and in mine

• SI: You are an exchange student and are in the library working on a school assignment. I am the librarian. You ask for help

• SI: You are having trouble with one of your classes. We talk about it.

• TI: We are trying to put together a program at school to address environmental problems. We talk about it.