Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation. Complete the exercise below.
pick up • no point • really improved • to get tired • going to be • seems to help • hard to find • seem to be • comes easy • what you mean • afraid of • Have you had • make an appointment • to like • seems as though • Most of the time • I wish • I wonder if • interested in • difficult to get • hardest thing • the easiest thing • should have
Click and Drop: click on a word in the box above and then in the correct space. Check your answers. What is your score?
| TASHA: So, how does your daughter like school this year? |
| JOYCE: Well, most of the time she seems it a lot. She seems very interested in math. |
| TASHA: Oh, Lisa's math, too. Math for Lisa. |
| JOYCE: Maybe she's an engineer. |
| TASHA: Maybe. But reading is still a problem for her. |
| JOYCE: What do you mean? |
| TASHA: , she just doesn't like to read. |
| JOYCE: her eyes checked? |
| TASHA: Yes, we did last year. |
| JOYCE: What did they say? |
| TASHA: Well, they said they're okay. But sometimes they're getting worse, because she seems just after a few minutes of reading. |
| JOYCE: Maybe you her eyes checked again. |
| TASHA: Maybe we should. I'll for her next week at the eye doctor. |
| JOYCE: Good. |
| TASHA: If that isn't the problem, well, maybe we'll just have to get some extra help for her. |
| JOYCE: Well, reading doesn't a problem for Linda. She seems to like to read. The for her is her spelling. |
| TASHA: Oh, that's funny. Usually, a child who likes to read has very good spelling. |
| JOYCE: Sometimes I think she just doesn't concentrate. |
| TASHA: What do you mean? |
| JOYCE: Well, sometimes it she just doesn't sound the words out properly. |
| TASHA: We've been practising at home with Lisa. Practising a lot. |
| JOYCE: Well, maybe that's the problem. |
| TASHA: What? |
| JOYCE: We're not practising enough at home. |
| TASHA: Oh, it's the time. |
| JOYCE: I know . Between school and all the other things. Piano, gymnastics ... |
| TASHA: And soccer and dancing lessons. Tell me about it! |
| JOYCE: Lisa's interested in dancing? |
| TASHA: Yes. Lisa loves dancing. |
| JOYCE: How often does she dance? |
| TASHA: Her classes are usually twice a week. Now she wants to swimming. |
| JOYCE: Swimming? Linda used to be the water. |
| TASHA: Oh, and what happened? |
| JOYCE: Well, she had a really great swimming teacher last summer. And now she's a lot. |
| TASHA: Oh, that's great! It isn't to find the right teacher. |
| JOYCE: That's right. |
| TASHA: And how about her piano? |
| JOYCE: Most of the time, she loves it. But lately it's been her to practise. |
| TASHA: Well, they usually just don't have time. |
| JOYCE: Usually. |
| TASHA: Lisa were interested in music. |
| JOYCE: But she likes to dance. |
| TASHA: That's true. But she just doesn't like piano. To her, dancing is much more fun. |
| JOYCE: Well, if kids aren't interested in something, there's trying to force them to do it. |
| TASHA: Isn't that the truth. Remember your own childhood? |
| JOYCE: Sure do. |
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
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