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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 Making Plans
| A: |
Let's go to a movie together. |
| B: |
I'd love to. When shall we go? |
| A: |
How about next Friday evening? |
| B: |
Let me see..... Oh, I am sorry, I'm having dinner with a friend. |
| A: |
How about the following Tuesday? |
| B: |
That'd be great. What shall we see? |
| A: |
Star Wars? |
| B: |
No, that's boring. How about Austin Powers? |
| A: |
Sounds good to me. When shall we meet? |
| B: |
Seven? In the Kent Tavern? |
| A: |
Great, see you there. |
Making Excuses
| A: |
Would you like to come to a movie with me? |
| B: |
When do you want to go? |
| A: |
How about next Friday evening? |
| B: |
I'm sorry, I can't. I'm having dinner with a friend. |
| A: |
How about the following Tuesday? |
| B: |
I go to evening class on Tuesdays. |
| A: |
Oh, maybe some other time? |
| B: |
Yeah, I'll give you a call. |
Practice:
i) you want to go to an exhibition with your friend;
ii) someone asks you to dinner but you don't want to go. Make conversations and practice with a friend.
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