Welcome to Grammartalk. This blog contains conversation practices that focus on the grammar of English. The conversations are what people might really say in each situation. However, the grammar is stressed. A good way to use Grammartalk is to practice the conversations, and also notice the grammar in the questions and answers. This site is a good place to practice both conversation and grammar. Also, check out the other blogs: Dialogue Workout, Consonants for ESL Students, and ESL Audio Files. There is a lot of material here for students of English as a Second Language. Enjoy!
"Wakeville" by The Mystic Stage
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SCENE ONE:
PRENTICE
Was there a question?
RENE
I don’t know this place.
PRENTICE
No?
RENE
I’m new to this area.
PRENTICE
Lost?
RENE
I got here fast.
PR...
"This World We Live In" by Che'neka Wilson
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Thinking about who I am inside myself, not knowing what to do in this crazy
life, in this world to come. Seen things I never seen before, with my own
t...
"Popular Culture: 1950s" from VOA
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This is Phil Murray. And this is Rich Kleinfeldt with THE MAKING OF A
NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United
States.
T...
"Emerging Explorers" from Voice of America
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*I’m Steve Ember.
And I’m Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Every
year, the National Geographic Society honors scientists, wild...
"Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater
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*Lyrics:
I see the bad moon rising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin'.
I see bad times today.
CHORUS:
Don't go around tonight,
W...
"Can a Woman Read a Man's Face?" from VOA
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*This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. And
I'm Faith Lapidus. This week -- learn about three separate studies that all
in...
"Betty Friedan Fought for Women's Rights" from VOA
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*I'm Faith Lapidus. And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA
Special English. Today we tell about Betty Friedan. She was a powerful
activist fo...
"The Mobile Phone Revolution" from VOA
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*This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.
Falling prices are fueling growth in high-speed Internet services,
especially in developing countrie...
A Menu of Links
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*"Blue Water Lillies" by Claude Monet, 1916*
*These are some links to important indexes for convenient reference.
1. Pronunciation: Listen...
"Music Around the Globe" from VOA
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*Shangaan street dancer*
*STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special
English. Today we tra...
Exchanges 8, Page 2
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A: I like to go swimming.
B: Why?
A: It’s good exercise.
B: I like to play cards.
A: For exercise?
B: No. For relaxation.
17.
A: Do you have time t...
Hopes and Wishes
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*"Gonconda" Rene Magritte, 1953*
(Click on the picture to enlarge it)
*After "hope", use a clause in the present tense to talk about the future.
For examp...
Dialogue Workout, 1 to 18 for Beginning Students
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"Acrylic and Oil" by Hemi Bawa,
Contemporary Artist from India
Click on the link to a Dialogue Workout. Each page has a recorder and a
text. Click...
Simple Past and The Infinitive
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*"The Seaweed Collectors" Paul Gaugin*
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1. I to New York last year. (go) went
2. I want there again this year. (go) to go
3. Daniel a carpe...
Consonant Index
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*"Window Over a Garden" by Marc Chagall, 1917*
Final Consonants*
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- *Final "f"**
- Final "v"
- Final "k"
- Final "g"
- Final "p"
- F...
INDEX TO EXPLORATIONS
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- *Antartica: Scientific Laboratory** *
- *The History of Latitude*
- *Mesa Verde National Park*
- *History of the Pueblo People*...
I have been teaching English as A Second Language for many years. I started teaching at Chinatown Campus in 1970. I've been teaching at Mission Campus since 1987.
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