Conversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the - Mark's ESL World

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Conversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of English
Arranged according to tense, topic, and levels of difficulty
By Prof. Mark McDowell, M.A. Mark’s ESL World ~ http://www.marksesl.com
“I usually have a ham and cheese sandwich / a submarine sandwich at
Subway.”
21. How long do you go to school / work every day?
“I’m at school for six hour every day.”
22. What time do you get off from work /school?
“I get off at three-thirty 8 .”
23. What do you do in the evening?
“I like to stay home and relax, but sometimes on weekends I go out
and drink with my friends.”
24. What time do you usually go to bed?
“At ten-o’clock.”
Interests and Hobbies
25. What is a hobby? 9 Do you have any hobbies?
“Yes, I collect beer cans.” “Yeah, I collect coins.” “Sure, I like building
model airplanes.”
26. What summer / winter activities do you like?
“I like to play golf.” / “I like playing golf.” / “I like to go golfing.” / “I
like in-line skating.” / “I enjoy swimming.” / “I like to swim /
swimming.” / “I like to go snow boarding / to snow board.”
27. Do you like to shop 10 / shopping 11 ? What do you like to shop / shopping for?
“I love shopping; it’s my favorite thing.”
“Not really, it’s so boring and it takes so long.”
28. Where do you like to go shopping?
“I like to go to the Galleria.” / “I usually go to E-Mart.”
29. When was the last time you went shopping?
“I went shopping last Sunday.”
8 Don’t say o’clock unless it’s exactly on the hour, like one-o’clock, two-o’clock, etc.
9 A hobby is not doing such things as watching TV, reading, or listening to music (those are past-times). A
hobby is something that is pro-active and is usually considered to be activities that involve collecting
things or making things. Sometimes the term is extended to include such things as playing a musical
instrument or singing, and less commonly to sports activities. You should not say ―What is your hobby?‖
because many people don’t have a hobby.
10 Infinitive ~ to + verb; used to change a verb into a noun.
11 Gerund ~ verb + -ing; used to change a verb into a noun.