Conversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of English

Conversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of English 
Arranged according to tense, topic, and levels of difficulty 
By Prof. Mark McDowell, M.A. Mark’s ESL World ~ http://www.marksesl.com 
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219.
What are you going to do on your next vacation? 
“I’m going to go to the east coast with my girlfriend. We’re going to 
stay at Dong-
Hae beach. It’s a very nice beach. It has clear, cool 
water.”
 
“Yes, I’m going to go to meet a friend. We are going to go to see a 
movie 
– Spider Man Three.” 
 
220.
What’s on TV tonight? 
Subjunctive Mood or Imaginary Future Tense
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(Use “would” “I 
would
like ….”) 
221.
Pronounce
~ would, could. 
222.
When do you want to get married / get divorced

? 
223.
If you could have your own business what would it be? 
“I would like to own / run a McDonalds, etc.” 
 
224.
What are some countries that you would like to visit? 
225.
What would you like to have for lunch today? 
226.
What food would like to try? 
227.
What famous person would you like to spend a whole day with? 
228.
Would you like to be an astronaut, why? 
229.
If you found a wallet with $1,000 in it, what would you do? 
230.
What would you like to do on your next birthday? 
231.
Would you like to play the drums? What are the different drum names
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? 
232.
What would you like to have for dinner this evening? 
233.
If you had tomorrow off what would you do? 
234.
If you didn’t have to work or go to school, what would you do? 
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Imaginary future tense would incorporate the use of the word ―would‖ very often: ―I would like to go to 
Australia someday.‖
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Snare, bass, tom-toms, kettle. 

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