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English Dialogues

These free English dialogues give examples of English that you can use in real life situations. However, it is unlikely your English will improve much just by reading. Print them out and practice them with friends and fellow students. Change the situations to match the ones you meet in your life. Have fun.

Buying Clothes - Eating Out - Telephone - Banking - Hotel - Complaining - Selling - Borrowing - Plans and Excuses - Flying - Finding an Apartment - Talking about the Past - Buying Electrical Goods - Reporting a Crime - Preferences - Obligations and Rules

Reporting a Crime

O: Hartford Police Station. Can I help you?
W: I hope so. My house has been burglarized.
O: Where do you live?
W: 28 Southbrook Road.
O: When did you discover the burglary?
W: When I got home from work. About 5 minutes ago.
O: Was anything stolen?
W: Yes. My all my jewellery's gone, and my computer too. And they sprayed graffiti all over my walls.
O: How did they get in?
W: They forced the back door.
O: An officer will be round in about half an hour. Please don't touch anything

Practice:
i) Your car has been stolen. Report it to the police.
ii) You were waiting in the bank when there was a robbery. Tell the police what you saw.
Make conversations and practice with friends.

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