Short conversations

Jay and Vicki think paper airplanes are great fun.  (Vicki calls them aeroplanes in British English)  Perhaps they’re having too much fun? What are you making. Oh. A paper airplane. Oh cool! Do you want to make one too? Yes. Here. Oh thank you. Well, that’s true. But you know it took…. Who did that? […]

This short English conversation demonstrates the difference between the words interesting and interested. Notice that Vicki is surprised when Jay says ‘I am very interesting in this book’. It’s a strange thing to say. It only makes sense if Jay is one of the characters in the book or the book is about him. Interesting

The trust game is a game you can play where one person falls back into another’s arms and trusts that they will catch them. You’ll see Vicki and Jay play it in this short conversation video and you’ll also learn the word untrustworthy. Trust game tapescript I need to learn to trust you more Vicki.

There’s a question we often ask when somebody has lost something: When did you last have it? In this short English conversation video Jay has lost his keys. Notice the question Vicki asks. Lost keys conversation script I can’t remember where I put my keys. Well, when did you last have them? Click here to learn

This is a very short English conversation that illustrates the meaning of the verb ‘lay’ in English. Hey, stop that man! Put up your hands and lay down your weapon. Click here to learn the different meanings of the verbs lay and lie Click here to see more English conversation videos for speaking practice.

With a little help from Jay, Vicki amazes Jason with a card trick in this English conversation. Can you work out how she did it? The conversation features the words amazing and amazed. Note that amazing is used to describe the card trick and amazed is used to describe Jason’s reaction to it. Card trick

Get ready to talk to a doctor in English with this doctor patient conversation. A doctor tells a patient not to take some sleeping tablets until they go to bed, but the patient takes them anyway. Notice how the doctor gives the instruction in English and also how they use the word effective. What does