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Speech frames for Chungju :
i) Make up your own English sentences with the speech-frames below;
ii) Try to join several speech-frames into one story (if you are clever!).
a) Bus to Chungju
1. Excuse me, how do I ______________
2. When you _______________, walk out to_____________, turn right and go down to __________
3. You have to ___________________
4. You'll see a ____________________
5. How do I know which ___________________
6. Look for ___________________
7. How often does _________________
8. About once every ____________________
b) Complaints
1. Do you know where I can ________________
2. You can't get _____________________ in ____________
3. Almost every country ____________________
4. Talk about ___________________ !! [idiom]
5. Oh, it's not so ____________________
6. __________ used to _______________ all the time.
7. ______________ don't sell them.
8. Oh no ! __________________________
c) How to Rollerblade
1. These/this _______________ were/was so _______________ I had to ____
2. I'm scared to ________________________
3. Ah, it's easy. Any kid can ______________________
4. What did you _________________________
5. The ____________ are smarter than _______________________
6. That was a _______________________
7. The first thing to do is ____________________
8. The _____________ cost me as much as ___________________
9. Find yourself a ______________________
10. You could also ______________________
d) Excuses Excuses
1. Why didn't you ________________________
2. I meant to ____________________________
3. Can I ________________________________
4. ____________ get a ___% penalty.
5. The ________ I need are ________________
6. I'll give you some _______________________
7. The ________ you need is _______________
8. My _____________ has a _______________. It's not working.
e) Meeting You
- I’d like you to __________________________
- This is our ____________________________
- I’m pleased to __________________________
- Sally, could you explain ____________________
- Excuse me while I _________________________
- I’d like to introduce ________________________
- Let me introduce __________________________
- He knows exactly where ____________________
- Sally is going to __________________ for the ________ time
f) Mr Magoo is Confused
1. I'm really ________________________
2. Should I put on ____________ or ________________
3. These ________ won't _______________ while I _________
4. Zip up ________ first, then ________________
5. The ________ you need is _______________
6. Why did I _______________________
7. Why are you ___________________
8. It/he took _____________ but didn't __________________
9. Why didn't you _______________________________
10. Do you really think (that) _____________________
11. If you tell me how __________________, I will _______________
g) The Pickle Factory Interview and the Love Club Interview
1. We are pleased that ________________________
2. I am the ____________________________
3. I hope you have ________________________
4. Let me ask you about ________________
5. I have been eating __________________ for _______________
6. I can recognize __________ kinds of _____________
7. I really wanted to know about ___________________
8. I used to _______________________________
9. I was especially good at _______________________________
10. We can guarantee to _____________________
11. I hope you have __________________
12. She must have _________________________
13. She has to be ___________________________
14. One day I might ____________________________
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