English Conversation Practice through Level 3 English Dialogues. English sentences with B1 English grammar are used in these Dialogues. Focus is on perfect tenses, infinitive structures, passives and common expressions used in colloquial English.
Each of these English Dialogues describes a different situation and uses real-life English sentences.
Contents:
English Dialogues 1
‘Do you know Tom Perkins?’
‘No, I’ve never heard of him. Who is he?’
‘He’s a writer. I think he has written five or six books so far.’
‘I haven’t read anything by him yet. Anyway, why are you asking?’
‘Well, I’ve heard he’s coming to our town next week. There will be a public meeting in the local library and he will be a speaker there. He will be talking about his latest book.’
‘OK.’
‘I’d love to go and attend the meeting. I have never heard him speak in public. However, I don’t feel like going there on my own.’
‘And so, you would like me to join you and attend the event with you.’
‘Exactly. Would you be interested in going there with me?’
‘To be honest, I don’t feel like sitting in a library for two hours. And I’m not really interested in listening to a writer who I have never heard of.’
‘It might be an opportunity for you to get to know this author! You never know, you may want to read some of his books after you have heard him speak.’
‘No, I don’t think so. I’m sorry to refuse your invitation, but I’m not going to attend this event with you. You’ll need to find someone else to keep you company.’
‘I’m sorry to hear that. I really hoped that you will come with me. However, if you don’t feel like going, that’s quite alright. I’ll try to find somebody else to go there with me.’
English Dialogues 2
‘Would you believe it? Last week I met the man who had bought my parents’ house from me.’
‘That happens. What’s so strange about it?’
‘Well, my parents lived in Germany. When they died, I had to travel there and arrange everything, including the sale of their house.’
‘I didn’t know you can speak German.’
‘I can’t. Just a little bit.’
‘I don’t understand. Why did your parents live in Germany and you live here?’
‘When I was twenty-five, my father got a very good job offer, and we all moved over there. However, I didn’t like it there, and six months later I came back here.’
‘But your parents stayed there.’
‘Correct. And they had a big house in a village near Munich. I have my family here, so obviously, I decided to sell their house.’
‘How did you manage to do that when you can’t speak German?’
‘To be honest, it wasn’t that difficult. When I was arranging the funeral, I talked to the people from the village council, and they promised to help me with the sale.’
‘Did they keep their promise?’
‘Yes, they did. Actually, it was quite easy for them to find a buyer.’
‘What do you mean?’
‘A man had visited the village two months before my parents passed away. He wanted to buy a house in that village, and so he left his contact details with the people at the council. He asked them to call him immediately, when someone decided to sell their house.’
‘And so you sold your parents’ house to this man.’
‘Exactly. And last week I met him in the city, as I was walking down the street.’
‘That’s really unbelievable. Did he tell you what he was doing here?’
‘He was just visiting the city as a tourist.’
English Dialogues 3
‘I’m calling just to let you know that I’m in your town.’
‘It’s very nice of you Mr Curtis, but I have known about it for the last two hours.’
‘You have your people everywhere.’
‘It’s a small town Mr Curtis. So, what has brought you here this time? I thought you got all you wanted last time.’
‘I’ve come over just to make sure I didn’t miss something out.’
‘Like what?’
‘I wanted to speak to Peterson one more time. I didn’t find him at this place. His mother told me he had left the town.’
‘Yes, he left last week. He packed all his things, threw them into the trunk of his car and hit the road without saying good-bye to anyone.’
‘Do you blame him? After all that had happened to him here, you can’t really expect him to go around and shake people’s hands.’
‘Happened to him?! Mr Curtis, it seems to me that you have forgotten about what happened to others.’
‘The court said he was innocent.’
‘That’s true, but the people do not see it that way.’
‘And how do people see it?’
‘To be honest, I don’t feel like talking about this over the phone. Come over for a quick lunch. Let’s say in about thirty minutes. The same place as the last time.’
‘I’ll be there.’
Glossary:
pass away – to die
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