Yesterday – The Past – Example Conversation; Day: 67
Study some examples and then we will be at the practice session.
Example: 1
Person A:Â “Why didn’t you come to my party last night?”
Person B:Â “I’m sorry I couldn’t make it. I had to go visit my grandmother at the hospital.”
Person A:Â “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. Is she doing ok?”
Person B:Â “They just completed a small operation and the doctors said she should recover.”
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ā§§
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāϏā§āύāύāĻŋ āĻā§āύ?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāĻš, āĻāĻāĻž āĻļā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻļāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤”
Example: 2
Person A:Â “Did you get a chance to go to that new restaurant down the street?”
Person B:Â “Yeah. I ordered the special, but the server screwed up my order.”
Person A:Â “That sucks. So what ended up happening?”
Person B:Â “They finally got my steak out, but it was overcooked. It was a terrible experience.”
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ⧍
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻ āύāϤā§āύ āϰā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āύā§āĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύ?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻ āϰā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§ āĻāĻāϞ?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤”
Example: 3
Person A:Â “What did you do last weekend?”
Person B:Â “I went on a date with Sammy.”
Person A:Â “Really? How was it?”
Person B:Â “I couldn’t ask for a better night. We talked all throughout our two hour dinner, and then we sat by the river and cuddled in the night.”
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ā§Š
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋ? āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāϞ?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āύāĻĻā§āϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
Example: 4
Person A:Â “Didn’t you finish finals week?”
Person B:Â “Don’t remind me. I think I failed most of the exams.”
Person A:Â “Why did you do so terrible?”
Person B:Â “My mind just went blank. I think I overloaded my brain. I just couldn’t concentrate during the exams.”
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ: ā§Ē
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻāύāĻžāϞ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰā§āύāύāĻŋ?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢā§āϞ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ: “āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻā§āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāϰāϞā§?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϏā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāϰāϞā§āĻĄ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤”