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Conversation sheet Introduction
-What ‘s your name?
-How old are you?
-What nationality are you?
-Have you got any brothers or sisters or are you an only child?
-What’s your address?
-When were born?(I was born on……….).
-When is your birthday?
-What sign are you? I’m………..
Symbol
Capricorn: December 23 - January 20 goat Aquarius: January 21 - February 19 water bearer(portatore d’acqua)
Pisces: February 20- March 20 fish
Aries: March 21 - April 20 ram (ariete) Taurus: April 21 - May 21 bull
Gemini: May 22 - June 21 twins Cancer: June 22 - July 22
crab(granchio)
Leo: July 23 - August 21 lion Virgo: August 22 - September 23 virgo Libra: September 24 - October 23 balance Scorpio: October 24 - November 22 scorpion Sagittarius: November 23 - December 22 archer
Describe yourself: height, weight ,hair, eyes, personality
I’m medium/average height, I’m medium/average weight, I’m tall, short, thin, slim, fat, plump
I have got long, short, medium length ,straight, wavy, curly HAIR
I have got blond, red, brown, dark, grey hair
I have got blue, green, brown, grey, dark eyes
PERSONALITY:
Brave cheerful clever creative emotional friendly(cordiale) Jealous kind lazy mean(avaro) quiet rebellious relaxed reliable rude self-confident selfish shy
stubborn talkative passionate
Easy questions
1- What time do you usually get up?
2What do you usually wear? (jeans, shirts, jumper, trainers, sweatshirt, blouse. tracking suit, skirt.)
3-What do you usually have for breakfast/lunch/dinner?
4-What ‘s the day today?
6-What’s the date?
7-What time is it?
8-What’s the weather like?
9-What’s your favourite season? Why?
Sports
Football-surfing-snowboarding-cycling-beach volleyball, volley ball- windsurfing-running-skiing-basketball-swimming-cricket-rollerskating- gymanstics-rugby-tennis-judo-fencing-badmington-table tennis –bowling- horse riding-dancing-golf
1-What are the most popular sports in Italy?
2-Which sports do you do/play at school?
3-Do you do any sports out of school? Which? How often?
4-Do you prefer team sports or individual sports?
5-Do you play for a team?
6-Do you like walking/swimming/cycling?
7-Do you like watching sport on TV?
8-What is your favourite team?
9-Do you ever go to matches?
Holidays
1-Where do you usually go on holiday? (abroad , to the sea side, to the mountains, to the lake, to the country, at home ).
2- How long do you usually stay there?(some days, one week, one month…….)And where do you stay?(in a hotel, a tent, a flat, a country house, a boarding house, a caravan, a motor home)
3-Who do you go on holiday with?
4-Do you sometimes go camping? Do you like it?
5-What do you usually visit (museums. art galleries .historic towns or sites)?
6-Do you sometimes go abroad?
7- Do you buy souvenirs or send postcards
Going to school
1-What subjects do you study?
2-How long are the lessons?
3-How many lessons do you have a day?
4-How many foreign languages do you study?
5-When and where do you have Registration ? 6-How long is the break in the morning?
7-How long do the students have for lunch?
8-Where do you have lunch
Computers and the internet
1-Have you got (do you have) a computer? Do you use it every day?
2-Do you play games? Have you got (do you have )a favourite game?
3-Do you use your computer for school?
4-Can you surf the Net? Do you send e-mails?
5-Do you sometimes download music?
6-Have you got (do you have )any favourite websites?
7-Do your parents use a computer? What for? For their jobs or just because they like it?
8-Do you have(have you got ) a laptop?
9-Are there any computers in your school? Do you use them?
Music
1-Is music important to you?
2-When and where do you listen to music?(before school, going to school, when you do your homework,, in the car….)
3-Do you like classical music, rock music, folk music….?
4-Who is your favourite singer/group?
5-Do you play a musical instrument ?What instrument do you play?(recorder,piano,trumpet, the
drums, the flute, the saxophone, the guitar, the bass(pron.:beis) guitar 6-Do you sometimes go to concerts?
7-Do you read music magazines?
8-Do you watch music programmes on tv? What channel? What time
FREE TIME 1--What do you do in your free time?
(I read…listen to music ..do sports…. watch tv…hang out with my friends…collect things, coins ,stamps, phone cards, glasses, cups, rings, ear rings, posters….play the guitar, the piano, an instrument …..attend dance lessons, music lessons….. go for a walk with my friends…. walk my dog…..wash my bike……sing or play in a group, in choir…..play
computer games…….surf the internet……send emails…write poems or stories…. ride my bike.. go bowling
1-How often (quante volte )do you go to the cinema? And to the theatre?
(Once a week, twice a week, usually, never, sometimes
My home, my town
1-Where do you live?(in a detached house- semidetached house-terraced house-block of flats- flat-farm)
2-Do you live in a city/ town/ village?
3-Where were you born ? Were your parents born here?
4-Where you live is there: a cinema, a museum, a library, a university, a hospital, a football team, a shopping mall, tennis courts, an indoor stadium, a sports ground, a stadium, a church, a cathedral, a disco, a swimming
pool....?
5-Where you live is there: a spring of mineral water, a forest, woods, mountains, parks, rivers, streams, a beach? Are there any wild animals :bears, foxes, roe deers(caprioli), wolves(sing:wolf), eagles, wild boars
Transport
1-How do you travel to school?(by car, by bus, by moped, by train, by scooter, on foot?)
2-How do your parents travel to work?
3-Do you use public transport?(never, sometimes, usually, always, rarely, often )?
4-Is there too much traffic in your town? Are there any pollution problems?
5-How do you travel when you go on holiday?(by car, by plane, by boat, by coach, by train)
6-Do you wear a helmet when you ride your bicycle, moped or scooter?
7-Do you use your mobile when you ride your bike, moped, scooter?
School
1-When does school start in Italy? When does it end?
2-What time do lessons start? What time do they finish?
3-What are the school holidays? How long do they last?
4-What subjects do you study? What’s your timetable this year?
5- Do you go to school in the afternoon, too? Which days of the week?
6-Where do you usually have lunch? At home or in the school canteen?
7-How many floors are there?(basement, ground floor, first floor, second floor……….)
8-Are there special classrooms: science , language, music, art, computer, technology classrooms?
9-Is there a gymnasium? Where is it?
10-Are there any changing rooms?
11- Is there a canteen? Where ? 12-Is there a sport/football ground?
13. Are there any offices? Secretary’s office, principal’s office?
14-Are there any caretakers?
15-Is your school in the town centre or on the outskirts?
16-What is there near/in front of /around it?( some trees, some buildings, a parking area, a square, a street, a road, a bus stop, a church, a restaurant, some shops……)
Going shopping
1-How much is/are ………..?
2-I would like………….
Postcard, stamp, pair of trousers, t-shirt, skirt, shoes, hat, cap ,toy
Asking for directions
1-How do I get to……….?Where is………?
Square, street, roundabout……….
Right, left, go straight on,
turn right/left
cross the square……….
Near, in front of, opposite, behind……….
