PERCAKAPAN DI SEKOLAH

Vina : Hey, Good morning, Tika!

Tika : Hello there, Vina! Good morning.
Vina : Wow, I don’t see you very often to be in school this early. What makes you come so early this
morning?
Tika : That’s actually fine, Vina. My house is kind of far from our school, I’m just afraid I would come late
if I didn’t come so early.
Vina : But, I think you never come this early before, Tika. It’s just 06.00 AM now. I usually see you come
to class around 06.45.
Tika : Yeah, Vina. As a matter of fact, the road where I pass by the bus I take everyday to school is now
under betterment. The betterment process really disrupts the traffic condition, so I always end up
trapped in traffic jam lately. Due to the traffic jam, I almost come late everyday to school. So, during the
road betterment I will come to school earlier than before.
Vina : That’s a smart decision, Tika. You know about our school rules, right? You will be locked outside
the school gate if you come late with any reason.
Tika : Yeah, you are so right, that would be awful. So, what makes you come this early, Vina? Do you
usually arrive at school this early?
Vina : Yes, Tika. I come this early to school everyday because I’m one of our school’s student
cooperation keeper members. I was assigned to come earlier to school everyday to prepare and get
everything ready before the cooperation opens.
Tika : Wow, what a duty! By the way, do you do all the preparation things by yourself? It must be tiring.
Vina : Heehee it won’t happen, Tika. The fact is I am helped by other keeper members who are assigned
like I do every morning.
Tika : Heehee I thought that you have to set everything up all alone.
Vina : And… besides of my duty as a student cooperation keeper member, there are also a few things
that please me to be in the school this early.
Tika : Huh? What are those?
Vina : Humm… I think the air in here is clearer if you breathe in at this early hour. And you may also find
some gauze or thin mist around the school.
Tika : Yeah, you’re right, Vina. I do feel the air is clearer and I think I saw that thin mist you said too.
Vina : Yeah, So, coming earlier to school isn’t bad, right?
Tika : Yup, it’s not that bad.
Vina : And maybe, you could do some homework you forgot to do last night by coming early to the
school.
Tika : Oh, my! I remember I got homework I haven’t finished. I have to finish it before the bell rings.
What a great talk, Vina! I’ve got to go, see you later!
Vina : [laughs] See ‘ya, Tika!
Glossaries Percakapan Bahasa Inggris di Sekolah
Come so early: datang awal sekali
Kind of far: agak jauh
Under betterment: dalam perbaikan
Disrupt: mengganggu, mengacaukan
School’s student cooperation keeper member: anggota penjaga koperasi siswa sekolah
Preparation: persiapan
Tiring: melelahkan
(to be) assigned: ditugaskan, diberikan tugas
I thought…: saya pikir, saya kira
Duty: tugas
Gauze (mist thin): kabut tipis
I’ve got to go: aku harus segera pergi
PERCAKAPAN DI KANTIN SEKOLAH
Gita: Hi Sandra, it’s a rest break, why do you just stay in the class? Let’s go to the canteen.
Sandra: Actually I have to finish my homework. But, no problem, I can do it later.
Gita: That’s a homework, why didn’t you do in your home?
Sandra: That’s my bad habit? Any problem?
Gita: Not really.
At the canteen..
Sandra: What are you going to order?
Gita: I think meatball and ice tea.
Sandra: Ok wait a minute, I tell your order.
Gita: Ok, thank you.
Sandra: No problem.
A few minutes later..
Sandra: The waiter told me that we might have to wait for little bit long because there are so many
orders.
Gita: No problem. I am not in hurry. Hey, tell me about the examination yesterday.. I mean maybe the
questions will be the same for my class.
Sandra: Hmmm, when will the exam be held in your class?
Gita: Tomorrow morning. It will be the first hour.
Sandra: Ok, you need to study about pronoun, countable noun, un-countable noun, and some tenses.
The questions are related to those topics.
Gita: Ok, and then? Any other topic?
Sandra: Hmmm, oh ya I remember it. The conditional sentence appeared for about three questions.
Gita: Thank you Sandra. What are the kinds of those questions. I mean multiple choice or essay?
Sandra: Essay! It’s gonna be so difficult. You need to study hard.
Gita: Really? I must prepare it well.
Sandra: Yes of course.
Gita: May I ask your notes because my notes are not complete enough for the examination.
Sandra: No problem. Just visit my home tonight or after school.
Gita: Ok. Thank you Sandra.
Sandra: You’re welcome. Our foods are coming, let’s eat.
Welcome to Everyday English Conversations. My name is Don, and I am an English conversation
instructor in Bangkok, Thailand. I have spent the past several years trying to find fairly easy English
conversations to help with teaching my 7th through 12th grade Thai students to speak English. The
problem that I keep running in to is that the ones I find are either to short and easy, or to long and
complicated for them.
I needed to come up with something in between that they could handle, but wouldn’t fall asleep during.
But, I had to keep pounding the basics into their heads to make sure that they had a good foundation to
build on. Here are 10 examples of some pretty easy English conversations that I have either written, or
found on the internet. The easiest ones are only 4 sets long, and very simple to change to suit your
needs.
Depending on the class skill level, I use them up to the 7th or 8th grade for my students. My 10th
through 12th graders usually work with English conversations that are 6 sets long and use sentences
that are a little more complicated. I will get those up here as soon as I can.
Here are a few examples. Just click on “Easy Conversations” or “More Conversations”to see more. For
any teachers that may stumble across this page, please feel free to check out any of my lesson plan
examples. I hope that you will find something that you can use in your classes.

1. Who are you? 2. Going to the park

A. What’s your name? A. Where are you going?
B. My name is Bobby. What’s yours? B. I am going to the park.
A. Mine is Tom. A. What will you do there?
B. Where do you live? B. I will play football.
A. I live in Lopburi, and you? A. Who will you play with?
B. I live in Saraburi. B. My friends.
A. It’s nice to meet you. A. May I play too?
B. It’s nice to meet you too. B. Yes, you may.

3. School time 4. Homework

A. What time do you go to school? A. What are you doing?
B. I go at 7am. B. I’m doing my homework.
A. How do you get to school? A. Which class is it for?
B. I get to school by bus. B. It’s for Math class.
A. What grade are you in? A. Is it hard?
B. The 6th grade. B. No, it’s not.
A. Do you have fun at school? A. Will you help me with mine?
B. Yes, I do. B. Yes, I will.

5. My birthday 6. What to do?

A. When is your birthday? A. What do you want to do?
B. My birthday is on August the 14th. B. I don’t know.
A. Mine is on May the 3rd. A. We could play tennis.
B. Do you have a party on that day? B. No, it’s too hot.
A. Yes, I do. Do you? A. We could play basketball.
B. Yes, we have lots of fun. B. No, it’s too hot for that too.
A. What do you do? A. Do you want to go swimming?
B. We play games and eat cake. B. That’s a cool idea.

7. Funny story 8. In the dark

A. Why are you laughing? A. Oh! The electricity is off!
B. Because I heard a funny story. B. I can’t see anything.
A. Who told you a funny story? A. Me either.
B. Eric did. B. What should we do?
A. When did he tell it to you? A. We need a flashlight.
B. A few minutes ago. B. Where is it?
A. Will you tell it to me? A. I think it’s in the kitchen drawer.
B. Yes, I will tell you. B. Yes, here it is.

9. Lost backpack 10. Popcorn

A. Have you seen my backpack? A. Are you ready to watch the movie?
B. No. Why do you ask? B. No, not yet.
A. Because I can’t find it. A. Why not?
B. Did you look in your closet? B. Because something is missing.
A. Yes, It wasn’t there. A. What’s missing?
B. Did you look under your bed? B. Popcorn!
A. No, not yet. A. I can watch a movie without popcorn.
B. I bet that’s where it is. B. Well, I can’t.

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how may degrees and lesson plans you are armed with, nothing prepares you for the first moment you
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