Essential English Interaction Skills: Reimagined
Invitations, Requests, Indirect Questions and Information Seeking
Today's collection of exercises focuses on three essential areas of English interaction: making and responding to invitations, formulating polite requests, and seeking information through both direct and indirect questions. With the assistance of AI, it's possible to create more dynamic connections between teaching techniques, reimagine teaching formats, blend new and traditional ideas, and highlight relationships between language functions and interrelated topics.
The collection consists of 19 PDFs, 6 audio files, and 1 video resource to provide extensive practice across various real-world communication scenarios. The variety of exercises include: visual vocabulary resources, critical thinking activities, conversational exchanges, role-plays, collocations practice, and listening comprehension tasks designed for both casual and business contexts.
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Invitations
Media: Audio, PDF, Video files for accepting/refusing invitations
Language Focus: Collocations for invitations and excuses
Practice: Critical thinking exercises (common, creative, formal)
Listening: Conversational exchanges with audio
Polite Requests & Information Seeking
Business Context:
Visual vocabulary for office conversations
Listening exercises with audio
Critical thinking (business challenges, office conversations, projects)
General Context:
Visual vocabulary for getting around town
Critical thinking (town requests, shopping, transportation)
Listening exercises with audio
Indirect Questions
Transportation: Critical thinking, role play (PDF & audio)
Listening: Conversational exchanges (PDF & audio)
Practice: Language exercises for general, shopping, office, transportation contexts
Getting around Town Visual Vocabulary
Getting around cities and making purchases requires specific language that many English learners struggle with. This exercise focuses on practical situations you'll actually face—negotiating prices at markets, exchanging items that don't fit, finding your way through airports, and avoiding traffic jams.
Invitations and Excuses Collocations
Knowing how to accept or decline invitations properly is a social skill everyone needs, especially when communicating in English. This worksheet helps students learn the exact word combinations native speakers use when making excuses or responding to invitations. Many language learners make mistakes with these phrases, saying things like "I have a big headache" instead of "I have a terrible headache." The exercises provide practice with common situations students will face in real life.
Getting Around Town Language Exercises
Through a progressive journey from basic structures to complex scenarios, students practice the key phrases that make them sound like experienced travelers rather than confused tourists. These activities teach more than just grammar rules—they reveal when to be direct and when to be more polite in different situations, giving students the social skills needed to connect with locals in any English-speaking city.
Indirect Questions Role Play: Tourist Information
This dialogue demonstrates how visitors can ask for information politely when in a new city. Indirect questions like "I was wondering if you could tell me" sound much friendlier than direct demands. In this activity, students first listen to the conversation between a tourist and information center worker, then practice similar exchanges with partners. They can substitute different attractions, restaurant types, or transportation questions based on places they actually want to visit.
Getting Around Town Requests Critical Thinking
The way people ask for things in English-speaking countries affects how others respond to them. This worksheet helps students practice making effective requests in common urban situations. Students identify where they typically need to make requests in English, learn different polite phrases for specific situations, and evaluate which request strategies work best.
