Short Conversations
What will the woman do on Friday?
She will have dinner at her brother's.
What was the name of the era Jane and Tom were discussing?
The Ice Age
What was the main idea of the talk?
To introduce students to an experiment about babies they will do in class.
Using PITCH, make the following sentence a question:
She walked 50 minutes to school.
She walked 50 minutes to school.
Use a modal verb to make following sentence more polite:
I need your help tomorrow.
I may need your help tomorrow.
I might need your help tomorrow.
I could need your help tomorrow.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
Ask someone at the ticket window when her bus leaves.
What did the man think about people of the Ice Age?
He thought that there were no societies. He thought that people lived only in small groups.
What is the experiment designed to demonstrate?
"She drove 50 minutes to school?"
Put stress in the following sentence to answer in the negative: She walked 50 minutes to school.
She walked 50 minutes to school.
Use a weak verb to make the sentence more polite.
Students who study more get higher grades.
It seems that students who study more get higher grades.
It appears that students who study more get higher grades.
What does the woman mean?
The fish doesn't look fresh, so the man shouldn't eat it.
What does the woman say about the use of wood during the Ice Age?
People in warmer climates used wood to build houses.
When a third doll is shown to the babies, what is likely to happen, according to the professor?
The babies may stare for longer.
"He walked 50 minutes to school?"
Put stress in the following sentence to answer in the negative: She walked 50 minutes to school.
She walked 50 minutes to school.
Use a word that shows uncertainty to make the following sentence more polite.
I want to go to the conference with you.
I possibly want to go to the conference with you.
I kind of want to go to the conference with you.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
Go to the new cafeteria ask ask about working an evening shift.
How did people in the early Ice Age keep warm?
Their homes faced the south, to create primitive solar heating.
They put heated cobblestones on the floor.
Explain step one of the experiment.
Step 1: Two dolls will appear in front of the babies. The babies will then disappear behind a screen. The screen will be removed, and the students should count the number of seconds that the babies look at the dolls.
"She walked 50 minutes to the store?"
Put stress in the following sentence to answer in the negative: She walked 50 minutes to school.
She walked 50 minutes to school.
Use a dummy subject to make the sentence more polite.
This discovery will change the world.
It is hoped that this discovery will change the world.
There is evidence that this discovery will change the world.
What does the woman imply?
What does the man want the woman to do?
Lend him the magazine
Explain step two of the experiment.
Two dolls will appear in front of the babies, and then disappear behind a screen. Then, a third doll will do the same. The screen will be removed to only show two dolls. The students should count how long the babies stare at the dolls.
Add exaggeration to the sentence:
She walked 50 minutes to school.
She walked fiiiiifttty miiiinutes to school.
Use an indirect suggestion to reply to your friend:
"Oh no! The copy machine has no more paper!"
Why not check the closet?
Have you asked Professor Smith for more?