Conversational English Worksheets
Related ELA Standard: SL.9-10.1c
A conversation happens when two or more people begin to communicate with each there share and exchange ideas. Conversational English is usually reserved for fluent speakers, but with extra time and a little explanation it can be carried out by advanced speakers as well. There are cooperative conversations where there is an equal exchange of thoughts and then you have competitive conversations like debates or diatribes where the goal is to inspire others to see things your way. These worksheets will have students carrying out conversations with one another.
Conversational English Worksheets:
Talking on the Telephone - Work with a partner. Act out each scenario. Then switch roles and act them out again.
Interrupting - Work in pairs. Decide who will speak and who will interrupt. The speaker should choose a topic and try to speak about it for a minute while the other tries to interrupt.
Public Speaking - Think about some more specific topics within the subject area, and focus your speech on that. For example, rather than writing about the human diet, you might want to focus on the pros and cons of the paleo movement, or the relationship between diet and obesity.
Final Speech Topic - As you conduct your research, decide on a final, appropriately narrowed topic for your speech.
Practice Makes Perfect - Practice your speech. Read it aloud to see how long it is. Practice until you can speak comfortably and smoothly.
Getting to Know Someone - It is common when first meeting someone to share a little biographical information that is appropriate to the situation in which the meeting is taking place.
Making Conversation - Working in pairs, have a conversation about each topic. Each student should speak at least three times during the exchange.
Greetings - Write an appropriate greeting for each time of day. You will then also respond to greeting by others. It's a great little back and forth for you.
Telephone Talk - Working in pairs, with one student being the caller and the other the person who answers the phone, act out each conversation.
Preparing to Speak in Public - Put your topic in terms your audience can relate to. Point out common experiences, fears, or situations.
Speaking Outline - List out all your main points. How will you signal to the audience that your speech is about to end?
ABC- Always Be Closing - Share a memorable anecdote. How do you ensure that people will value what you are saying to them?
Questions and Answers - Work in pairs. Take turns practicing the questions and answers.
Talking about the Weather - Come up with similar questions and answers about the weather. Still working in pairs, ask and answer each other's questions.
Talking about Food - Come up with similar questions and answers about food. Still working in pairs, ask and answer each other's questions.
Using Possessives in Conversation - Work in pairs. Take turns practicing the questions and answers.
Showing Owenership - A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence in place of a person’s or thing’s name or description, particularly after the subject has already been introduced.
Verb Tense and Common Questions - Work with a partner. Take turns asking and answering the questions below. Make sure you are using the correct verb tense in your response.
Talking with Contractions - A contraction is a shortened form of two words. An apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter(s).