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A BANK OF NEVER-ENDING DIALOGUES FOR THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM
(last updated in August 2020)

Edited by Bara Dockalova

Contributing authors:
©Bara Dockalova, Czech Republic (BD)
©Frantisek Chlan, Czech Republic (FC)
©Monika Hagenhoferova, New Zealand (MH)

Index

GRAMMAR POINTS

FUTURE SIMPLE | GOING TO | INDIRECT QUESTION | MONEY IS SINGULAR | PAST SIMPLE | PRESENT CONTINUOUS | PRESENT PERFECT | RELATIVE CLAUSE | REPORTED SPEECH | WISH CLAUSES |

WORDS AND CHUNKS

All I’m saying is | almost | alone | another | answer | apparently | believe | borrow x lend | both | broke | calm | calm down | cheeky | Could I have...? | do it | don't be silly | don't have time to | don't touch | dormant | early | everything | evidently | exactly | expensive | expert on | figure out | find | first | forget about it | found | fuming | give me a hug | give me a second | go to bed | have to | here | honest | How could you? | hurt | hurt a fly | I'm fine | I've only just | I've told you | I am being ... | I can’t stand | I don't know | important | impossible | in a hurry | intentions | it's mine | keep ...-ing | let's go | let me see | look | mad at | make fun of | mushrooms | need help | need you to... | no | none of your business | nothing | not now | pineapple | please | promise | raise one's voice | relax | release | ridiculous | rush | saw | some more | starve | steal | stole | stop ...-ing | stop it | take your time | taking too long | talk | tell | that | that's not true | that one | the future | then | the only one | the past | there | the same | the truth | think | this | this one | threw away | too | unless | upset | volunteer | wait | wake up | was | was not | what | What do you mean? | what else | whatever | where | where is it? | whole | would you like to | yes | you'll have to |

I WANT TO BE ALONE

A: I want to be alone.     
B: But I‘ve only just got here.
A: I know, and I‘m sorry.
B: Come on, don‘t be silly. Give me a hug.
A: No. I need you to leave.
B: That's ridiculous!
   
                    (BD)

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

A: Where have you been?    
B: That's none of your business.
A: It's very late!
B: Yes, it is. I'm going to bed.
A: You‘re not going anywhere unless you tell me.
B: That‘s ridiculous.
   
                    (BD)
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