Showing interest and surprise

Complete the dialogues with an option below, then practice the exclamations.

Ten miles long? That´s awful! Marry me? Wow! He does?!
My mother´s Chinese vase? Oh no! You do? Poor thing, I´ll get you something for it! You did?
You are? How come? $500? Why so much? You are?
It was? What a drag! You do? How interesting! It did?
You do? What is it? I can´t wait!

-

-

1. A Sam wants to apologize.

    B

    A Yes. He´s broken your mother´s Chinese vase.

    B 

2. A We had a terrible vacation.

    B

    A Yes. It rained all the time.

    B

    A Yes. And the food was disgusting!

    B

3. A I´m broke.

    B

    A Because I just got a phone bill for $500.

    B

    A Because I have a girlfriend in Korea.

    B

4. A It took me three hours to get here.

    B  

    A Yes. There was a traffic jam ten miles long.

    B

    A Now I´ve got a headache!

    B

5. A I´m watching the sun set over the ocean.

    B

    A Yes. And I´ve got something very important to ask you.

    B

    A You´d better sit down. I´d like to marry you.

    B

Enable JavaScript

Designed by CASL