Short Conversation
What does the woman imply?
She doesn't know a lot about Portland because she was too young to remember.
What topic are the main and woman discussing?
Squids. They are talking about yesterday's lecture.
Using PITCH, make the following sentence a question:
The man delivered the pizza.
The man delivered the pizza.
Use a modal verb to make following sentence more polite:
Come to my office.
Would you please come to my office?
Could you come to my office?
Might you be able to come to my office?If I were you, I'd buy her a necklace.
It might be a good idea to ask her what she wants.
Why don't you take her to a nice dinner?
What will the woman probably do?
She will turn down the music.
Why does the man need to talk to the woman about the class?
The man missed the class.
"The man delivered the pasta?"
Put stress in the following sentence to answer in the negative: The man delivered the pizza.
The man delivered the pizza.
Use a weak verb to make the sentence more polite.
The COVID-19 Pandemic is under control.
The data suggests the COVID-19 Pandemic is under control.
It is believed that COVID-19 Pandemic is under control.
I doubt that the COVID-19 Pandemic is fully under control.
You suddenly have plans and cannot work this weekend. Use an indirect request to ask your co-worker to work for you.
Do you think it would be possible to cover my shift this weekend?
Would you like to work for me this weekend?
I hate to ask, but could you possibly work for me this weekend?
What will the speakers probably do?
Take a short break for lunch.
According to the woman, what happened 200 million - 500 million years ago?
Squids stopped having shells.
"The woman delivered the pizza?"
Put stress in the following sentence to answer in the negative: The man delivered the pizza.
The man delivered the pizza
Use a word that shows uncertainty to make the following sentence more polite.
Steve will be a good lab partner.
There is a possibility that Steve will be a good lab partner.
Steve will be a good lab partner, to some extent.
Steve will kind of be a good lab partner.
A person in your lab asks you to come to the Christmas party. Use an indirect refusal to politely decline.
If only I didn't have to work that evening.
I already promised my mom I would go back to her house that day.
I'm not sure if that's a good idea because I'm worried about COVID-19.
What does the woman mean?
She's sorry that the report isn't finished. Her excuse is that the data was difficult to understand.
Squids probably wouldn't be so big.
"Yeah, his smiley face suit is the coooolest."
"His punch is reallllyyy powerful."
Use a dummy subject to make the sentence more polite.
Global Warming will kill off many species.
It seems that global warming will kill off many species.
There is some evidence to suggest that global warming will kill off many species.
It appears that global warming will kill off many species.
Your professor is angry at you for turning in your assignment three weeks late. Use an indirect apology.
I'll admit that I should be more responsible.
I didn't realize the due date had already passed! I can turn it in tomorrow at the latest!
I know that you must be angry, so I promise it won't happen again.
What does the woman mean?
She does not need help.
What does the woman imply about sea monsters?
Perhaps Giant Squids are sea monsters.
Use exaggeration to tell your friend how much you have studied for your English test.
"I studied like five-huuuundred hours."
"I studied sooo much, I was dreeaaming in English!"
Use AT LEAST THREE types of indirect speech to make this sentence more polite.
Let me join your study group.
I was hoping you might possibly let me join your study group.
If possible, I would kind of like to join your study group.You did a presentation with another student, and just receive back your score of 45%. The other student sends you an angry LINE message. Use an indirect non-apology to reply.
The score is not on me! I made most of the slides, but you didn't check them properly.
This was bound to happen because you were 20 minutes late to the presentation!
You're the one who told forgot your notes! I memorized my part!