Mastering Conversations(Day 6-30)-I

Day 6-30

Mastering Conversations

Complete the conversations below, correct them and practice with your partner two times by exchanging the roles.

We have covered verbs from A to Z :

1.

A : Please add all these numbers.

B : I ........ Give me 5 minutes.

2.

A : I really admire Shankar sir.

B : Why? He ........ (has) so much knowledge and he ............. (teach) so beautifully.

3.

A : In which college ........... you admit your son?

B : I ........... (admit) my son in SVL University.

A : ........... it a good university?

B : Yes it ............

A : It ........... (get) 10th rank in India.

4.

A : What advice could you give me? I........... (go) to the US.

B : ........... (not waste) time. ........... (not spend) money easily.

A : Thanks for the advice.

5.

A : I ........... (not agree) with you.

B : Why?

A : What you ........... (say) is completely against what I believe.

6.

A : Why ........... (not you) allow Suresh in to the class?

B : He ........... (come) late.

A : How late ........... he?

B : He ........... (come) 15 minutes late.

A : Where ........... he all the time?

B : He ........... (play) in the Playground.

7.

A : ........... they announce the winner?

B : Yes they ..........

A : Who ........... the winner?

B : Ramesh ........... the winner.

A : Oh! I ........... (know) he will be the winner.

8.

A : How many questions ........... you answer?

B : I ........... (answer) 3 out of the 5 questions given.

9.

A : You ...........(do) a wonderful job. I really appreciate it.

B : Thank you.

10.

A : Why ........... (you argue) with me? Just listen to what I say and do it.

B : If I can’t think on my own. How can I ........... (do) it?

11.

A : Who ........... (arrange) these flowers on the table?

B : Swapna did. She ........... (arrange) nicely.

12.

A : ........... they really arrest Chandra Babu Naidu?

B : Yes they ........... .

A : When ........... (do they) that?

B : Yesterday.

13.

A : When ........... the CM arrive?

B : He ........... (arrive) at 4pm in the evening today.

A : Who ........... (come) along with him?

B : The education minister ........... (come) along with him.

14.

A : What ........... you want to ask me?

B : I need your help to solve problems in mathematics.

A : Sure. I .......... help you.

15.

A : ...........(not) you attach this cupboard on to the wall? (future)

B : No I ...........(not).

16.

A : Why ........... (you avoid) me?

B : Why ........... you talk about me behind my back?

A : I ........... (not).

B : You ........... . Ramesh told me.

A : I ........... sorry.

17.

A : Why ........... you bang the door?

B : I ........... sorry. I ........... careful next time.

18.

A : Who ........... (bat)?

B : Sachin ........... (bat).

A : Wow! I think there ........... a good match today.

B : He ........... in real form.

19.

A : Why ........... (you beg) on the streets? You can work.

B : I ........... (try) for work. But I ........... (not get).

A : ........... you work for me?

B : Sure I ........... .

20.

A : Why ........... (you behave) like that Ramu?

B : I ......... sorry ma’m.

21.

A : To which state ........... you belong?

B : I belong to Uttarapradesh.

A : ........... you know Hindi?

B : Yes I ........... .

22.

A : Please bless me. Today ........... my birthday.

B : Oh! Many happy returns of the day.

23.

A : Why ........... (you blink)?

B : I ........... (look) at the Sun ma’m.

A : You ...........(not) look at the Sun. ........... (not) you know that?

24.

A : Why ........... Suresh blushing?

B : He ........... a very shy person ma’m.

25.

A : You ........... not boast. Even if you do good things.

B : Sure ma’m.

26.

A : ........... (you boil) the rice?

B : Yes I ............

A : How long ........... it take?

B : It ........... (take) 5 minutes.

27.

A : Yesterday the terrorists ........... (bomb) a building in Mumbai.

B : Oh! Really. Where........... you hear this?

A : I heard it in the news.

28.

A : Why ........... (you bore) me?

B : I ........... sorry.

29.

A : ........... you borrow money from Suresh?

B : Yes I ........... .

A : How much ........... you borrow?

B : I ........... (borrow) Rs.5000.

30.

A : Why ........... (not) you brake?

B : I ........... (not) see the vehicle coming.

A : That’s why I tell you always that you should drive slowly.

31.

A : Why ........... (you breathe) heavily?

B : I just........... (run) 3 rounds.

A : ........... you always exercise at this time?

B : Yes I ........... .

32.

A : At what time ........... you brush your teeth? At what time ........... you get up?

B : I ...........(get up) at 6 and immediately brush my teeth and go for a jog.

33.

A : Yesterday I ........... (bump) into my old friend Sreedhar.

B : Where?

A : In the market.

34.

A : Something ........... (burn).

B : Oh! It ........... a wire.

35.

A : ........... they bury the dead body?

B : Yes they ........... yesterday.

36.

A : When ........... you calculate the profits?

B : I ........... do that tomorrow.

37.

A : ........... you call me tomorrow?

B : Yes I ........... .

38.

A : ........... you care about your parents?

B : Yes. I ........... .

A : Then why ........... you leave them in the village. Why ........... (not) you bring them here?

B : They like to stay in the village only.

39.

A : What ........... (you carry)?

B : I ........... (carry) a sack of old books.

A : Why?

B : I need to take it to the library.

40.

A : Go and change your clothes. You ........... fully wet.

B : Yes I ........... .

41.

A : Yesterday the police ...........(chase) the terrorists for around 3 hours.

B : Finally they ........... (catch) them.

A : Oh! That was great work.

42.

A : Why ........... you cheat Suresh?

B : I ........... (not).

A : But Suresh ........... (tell) me that you did.

B : He ........... a lier.

43.

A : ........... you check the note books of the children?

B : Yes I ........... ma’m.

A : ........... you check the answer papers of the children?

B : Yes I ........... ma’m.

A : How ........... they do?

B : How ........... they write exams?

A : They ........... (write) well.

44.

A : That ........... a nice dinner.

B : Yes it ............

A : ........... you chew pan?

B : Yes I ........... . I love pan.

A : Let us go have 2 pans.

45.

A : Hey! Eat slowly. You ........... choke.

B : I ........... in a hurry. I ........... go to the class.

A : What ........... the hurry? You ...........(not) hurry when eating. It .... not good.

46.

A : Ok. I ........... go now.

B : Why? What ........... the hurry?

A : I ........... chop vegetables.

B : What ........... (you have) for the dinner today?

A : I ........... have ladies fingers.

47.

A : Who ........... kamala shankar?

B : She ........... a national level classical guitar player.

A : How ........... the concert?

B : Oh! It ........... wonderful.

A : All the people ........... (clap) for the 5 minutes after the program ........... over.

48.

A : Why ........... the room so dirty?

B : I ........... (clean) it in the morning ma’m.

A : If you cleaned it why ........... it still dirty?

B : Please clean it once again.

A : Ok ma’m.

49.

A : These are the papers of my report. Please clip them.

B : Sure ma’m.

A : Where ........... I keep them?

B : Keep it in my file and bring it in the meeting.

A : When ........... the meeting ma’m?

B : The meeting ........... at 6pm in the evening today.

50.

A : It ........... (rain) ma’m.

B : Hey, close the windows. Otherwise all the papers near the window ........... get dirty.

A : Sure ma’m.

B : It ........... (rain) after the long time.

A : Yes.

Key (Day 6-30)

1. Will

2. has, teaches

3. did, admitted, is, is, got

4. am going, don’t waste, don’t spend

5. don’t, are saying

6. didn’t you, came, was, came, was, was playing

7. did, did, is, is, knew

8. did, answered

9. did

10. are you arguing, do

11. arranged, arranged

12. did, did, did they do

13. will, will arrive, is coming, is coming

14. do, will

15. won’t, won’t 

16. are you avoiding, did, didn’t, did, am

17. did, am, will be

18. is batting, is batting, will be, is

19. are you begging, am trying, didn’t get, will, will

20. are you behaving, am

21. do, do, do

22. is

23. do, looked, should not, don’t

24. is, is

25. should

26. did you boil, did, will, will take

27. bombed, did

28. do, am

29. did, did, did, borrowed

30. didn’t, didn’t

31. are you breathing, ran, do, do

32. do, do, get up

33. bumped

34. is burning, is

35. did, did

36. will, will

37. will, will

38. do, do, did, didn’t

39. are you carrying, am carrying

40. are, will

41. chased, caught

42. did, didn’t, told, is

43. did, did, did, did, did, did, wrote

44. was, was, did, did

45. will, am, have to, is, should not, is

46. will, is, have to, will you have, will

47. is, is, was, is, clapped, was

48. is, cleaned, is

49. do, is, is

50. is raining, will, rained

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

Once upon a time in a jungle there were a hare and a tortoise along with other animals. The hare always teased the tortoise for his slowness in moving. One day the tortoise could not take it anymore. He challenged the hare for a race. Hearing this, the hare laughed. He said, “Oh! My dear tortoise! You are hardly a competitor to me.” The tortoise said calmly and quietly, “Let us race first.” The hare agreed to the race.

The next day, both of them started from the same point. It was agreed upon that the person who reached the lake around 2 kms away would be the winner. The race started. The hare obviously moved swiftly and went far ahead. The tortoise grimly and with determination slowly moved on. The hare had reached very far. When he looked back he could not see the tortoise anywhere. He thought that this race was too easy. He decided to relax under a tree. It was a huge tree. A light wind blew and it was afternoon. The hare lay down under the tree and he felt so peaceful and happy under the tree that he drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile, the tortoise was moving on slowly and steadily. He took time but finally he reached the hare. He was happy to see the hare sleeping. With the same slow and determined steps he moved on. His legs ached but he didn’t give up. The tortoise believed in giving his best. At last, he reached the lake. When the hare woke up he was shocked to find that a lot of time had passed. He ran towards the lake and there he found the tortoise waiting for him. The tortoise looked at him and said, “You lost the race not because I am faster but because your ability got into your head. Indeed you are faster but don’t boast about it. Each of us has his own unique ability.”

THE FOOLISH LION - TALES FOR KIDS

THE FOOLISH LION

Once upon a time, there was a lion who lived in a large forest. The forest was filled with all kinds of animals and there were large numbers of them.

The lion was the king of the forest. He had the nature of a lion but in his particular case, he was unusually ferocious, more than usual lions. His instinct to devour animals was extremely strong and his hunger was insatiable.

Every day he killed and ate many animals, more than the usual number. All the animals lived in constant fear of him and all of them were extremely unhappy.

One day, all the animals gathered in one place to discuss this problem. Was there something they could do? This was the question in everybody’s mind.

In that large meeting, the wise owl spoke out. His voice was deeply sad and pained. “Dear friends,” he said, “the rate at which our king is killing us pains me deeply and I cannot think of any solution except one.” Saying this, he fell silent.

The monkey asked, ‘Why are you silent? Please tell us what is on your mind. We will do whatever is necessary to stop the lion. “

The owl replied and now his voice had a tone of infinite sadness and resignation. “Dear friends, it makes me very sad o give you this solution, but the laws of the jungle are such that there cannot be any other solution. What I propose is that each offer itself during lunch and dinner time to the lion each day. This way the lion would be stopped to an extent and at least our children would be safe for a long time and one day the lion would die. “

A silence fell on the gathering, a silence filled with pain, resignation and the decision was agreed upon by all shaking their heads silently. It was a great moment of brotherhood and being together.

The next day, a group of animals went to the lion and gave him their proposal. The owl spoke again on everyone’s behalf. The owl begged the lion and reasoned that the lion would not have the trouble of hunting. He could relax and enjoy his lunch and dinner at his doorstep.

Now, the lion was secretly pleased at the proposal. Not only was he happy at the prospect of getting his daily meal with no effort, he also felt like a lord. He was a very vain lion. He agreed to the proposal.

From that day on the lion’s life became easy. At lunch true and dinner time, an animal arrived at his doorstep and the lion had his meal.

One day it was the turn of the rabbit. As he walked the long distance, he felt that his life was coming to an end. There would be no playing with his friends, no enjoyment of anything in the jungle, no family, nothing. He was extremely sad.

As he walked he thought, could there be a way he could there be a way he could prevent his death? He stayed on with that thought and bending his head walked on. As he walked, he noticed a well. And suddenly an idea flashed across his mind.

He slowed down his steps and began to walk slowly. “Would my idea work?”, he thought. He hoped for the best and summed up his courage.

He reached the lion’s den late, on purpose. The lion was pacing back and forth. He was furious. When he spotted the rabbit, he roared, “How dare you come late, you miserable little creature! I will kill every single animal today!”

The rabbit bowed low and sad in a low, respectful voice, “Dear king, I would have come on time, but as I was coming, another lion met me and he said he was the king of the jungle. When I told him that we already have a king, he laughed and told me to bring you to him.”

This piece of news deeply infuriated the lion. As mentioned earlier, the lion was very deeply vain and another lion claiming to be king and mocking him hurt him deeply.

This turned into an extreme anger and the foolish lion lost all sense. He roared, “Where is that lion? Take me to him and he will know who I am and who the real king is!”

The rabbit bowed and said, “Please follow me and I will take you to the other lion”.

The rabbit took the lion to the well and said, “The lion is in there.”

The foolish lion rushed and leaped up to the well and looked inside roaring angrily. The water in the well was still and a dear reflection could be seen. The foolish lion saw his own angry face and what is more, he heard the echo of his own roaring. He lost his mind a deep fury filled him and he jumped into the well. There was not much water in the deep well. The lion tell and crashed onto the rocks below the water. He let out a last scream of pain and died.

The rabbit heard that and a huge relief and an indescribable happiness filled his heart. “At last we all are free! I am alive! “, he shouted aloud.

He rushed to his brothers to share the good news. That night there was a great celebration in the jungle. All the animals gathered in one place and rejoiced. All of them were filled with praise and gratitude for the clever rabbit.

THE MISERLY OLD WOMAN

THE MISERLY OLD WOMAN

TALES FOR KIDS

An Indian folk tale retold 

Once in a village in India lived an old woman. She was extremely miserly. Nothing in the world counted at all except money for her. She was made like that and nobody could change her. She did not trust anyone. If anyone was friendly with her, she would immediately think that he or she was after her money. So slowly, people avoided her and she lived all alone. Did she spend anything for herself? Actually she was so miserly and so fond of her money, almost mad about it , that she ate little. She hated to spend her money . She wore her tattered dresses and kept her money intact. She did not even have a decent house to live in spite of the fortune that she had.

People often wondered what would happen to her money, when she passed away and to whom she would give that money. She had no children. She had never given them anything and they had left her one after the other and she saw to it that they never visited her.

She was alone and always with her money in her hut and with her meager belongings.

One day, a crook and cunning young fellow came to the village in search of some loot. When he heard of the old woman, he decided that to charm her would be easy money and she had to give her money to somebody after all, why not he?

He went up to her house and knocked the door. A harsh voice answered , “ Go away!”

But the young crook was not to be discouraged. He was confident of himself and he had a plan. He stayed put and from that day, he did all the house hold chores- getting the water, washing her clothes, fanning her, even cooking her meager meals. Initially she resisted but slowly she gave in. The crook tried hard to guess where she had hidden her fortune but she was always extremely careful and always around. The young man was not worried. He had only to wait and later he could enjoy.

One day, the old woman was seriously taken ill. The young man got her medicines but her condition worsened. One evening she called him and said to him, “ Dear son, I know I am going to die this life is over. You can take all that is here but I have a pillow and I have had that pillow since my childhood. Please put that pillow on the funeral pyre and she took a promise from him that he would do so.

That night the old woman breathed her last. The young man felt sorry for her, after all she had called him her son and left everything to him. He performed the funeral rites and as he had promised put the tattered pillow too in the fire. He watched till the last bit of the fire was extinguished. Then with a sad feeling went to his house, the house that the old woman had given him. Actually the crook had a good heart deep within him.

That day he searched for the money in the house- in the vessels she never allowed him to touch, in the attic he had never probed, under the bed he had never peeked , among her few clothes, in the cupboard she always kept locked and to his amazement, he found no money anywhere. He intensified his search , searching in the oddest of places- in the thatched roofs, in old pots, in the dried up well outside. There was no money anywhere. But it had to be somewhere and why wold she hide it? Had she not called him her son? And suddenly in a flash he understood what had happened, the old woman had indeed taken the money with her, she had sewn all the money in the pillow. The pillow was her fortune.

The young man was numb with shock for days at the extreme miserliness of the woman.

THE MUSICAL DONKEY

THE MUSICAL DONKEY

Once there lived a donkey who worked for a washer man. It was a tough life that he led. The washer man gave him little food to eat and the donkey had to work carrying heavy loads. He had a jackal as a friend. At night he would spend time with the jackal and they would freely wander here and there.

One night the donkey and the jackal dared to go near the fields. They found cucumbers in large numbers in the field. They were overjoyed and ate cucumbers to their heart’s content. They were very happy that they had found a garden which now solved their problem of food.

From that day on, the two visited the garden every night and ate cucumbers. As weeks passed the donkey became healthy and fat. Not only that, he began to feel more confident about himself.

One night the jackal and the donkey had just finished eating the cucumbers.The night was clear. A light wind blew and it was a beautiful night- cool and pleasant. The donkey felt happy and free. Suddenly he was filled with a longing to sing out loud. He told the jackal that he would like to sing a song.

The jackal was worried and told the donkey that to do that would be to put themselves in danger as they were thieves. The jackal also added that the donkey’s voice was not sweet . The donkey was deeply hurt by the jackal’s warning and he felt that the jackal was jealous of him. He insisted that he would sing his song. The jackal shrugged and told him to wait a minute. The jackal quickly ran from there and hid behind a huge tree.

The donkey began to sing and his voice was loud and not at all pleasant to hear. The farmers sleeping near were woken up and they came rushing to the field and were furious to see the donkey there. They beat the donkey with their sticks and tied a heavy stone around his neck.

The donkey was very pained and he slowly came to the jackal. The jackal said, “This is what happens when you lose your mind.” The donkey nodded his head in sad agreement.