Виды студентов по их ответам на традиционное How are you

1️⃣ I will tell you what!

- How are you?
- Ah, you know, I was just going to make myself a sandwich yesterday when I thought...

*45 minutes pass

- Well, would you like to do some exercises from our coursebook or shall we just continue speaking?
- I dunno. What about you? You didn't tell me your news.

2️⃣ I'm fine, thank you

- How are you?
- I'm fine, thank you.
- Well, how was your weekend?
- It was good, thank you.
- Well, have you got any news? Has something interesting happened?
- Erm... No. No news, nothing interesting.

3️⃣ You got me thinking...

- How are you? How was your weekend?
- Oh, right, weekend. Wait a second. What's the date today? What did I do at the weekend? Wait, seriously. When was it... Let me check my calendar... Ah, yes, I remember now!..

4️⃣ I've come prepared!

- How are you? Have you got any news?
- Thank you, I'm fine. At the weekend I was... *grammar from previous class
After that we had... *vocabulary from homework
And finally I decided... *idiom from a series they are watching now for educational purposes...

Can you relate?

#опрос

Как поддержать разговор, когда нам рассказывают историю

1️⃣ Простое

Mmhmm (угу) / okay / Really? / That's interesting! / That's a shame / Oh, dear / Oh, nice

Киваем, улыбаемся, поднимаем бровь, поджимаем губы и округляем глаза - в общем-то, мы все это умеем и на родном языке

2️⃣ It sounds + adjective

Даём оценку рассказанному

It sounds reasonable / ridiculous / exhausting / delicious / annoying - вот про что рассказали, так и комментируем

3️⃣ must / can't / might / could + have + V3 (он же перфектный инфинитив после модальных, он же speculating about the past)

Предполагаем что-то и высказываемся

You must have been really disappointed!

It can't have been fair!

You might have been hurt!

4️⃣ Would + have + V3 (половинка третьего условного)

Вот как будто мы начали - if I had been there / if this had happened with me

И продолжаем

I would have panicked!

I would have kicked up a fuss!

I would have sent him to hell!

5️⃣ Играем в учителя английского

Вообразите, что вам нужно подсказать слово собеседнику. Подсказать, как ещё можно сказать то, что он вам сказал.

Перефразируйте, обобщайте и возвращайте. Грамматически строим как утверждение, но можно добавить вопросительную интонацию.

So, you made a really good decision, right?

So, looks like there weren't many options to choose from... Am I right?

Well, I take it you were completely overwhelmed. Is that so?

6️⃣ Ещё набор фразочек без категории

#лексика #статья

#game

One person says something (personal stories are the most convenient here), another one comments using options 3️⃣-5️⃣ from the article above

And then you are welcome to continue the conversation further

So, let me start

I'm taking some IV medication rn

Comments?

Окей, любители тестов, сейчас будет #тест по новой порции устойчивых выражений

They say a southerner will never understand this:

When it snows, it's getting warmer

Do you?

They also say your place of living is a compromise between how much cold you can tolerate and how big spiders you can tolerate 😁

Sounds relatable?