CONVERSATION IN SCHOOL

Students : Good Morning Sir,

Teachers : Good Morning sit down.

Leader : Here is the attendance sir.

Girl : Excuse me sir.

Teachers : Yes, what's the time now?

Girl : Its 9.40 am Sir.

Teachers : At what time does the bell ring?

Girl : The bell rings at 9.30 am.

Teachers : When should you come?

Girl : I should have come before 9.30.

Teachers : Yes, but you came at 9.40.

Girl : Sorry sir.

Teachers : What is the reason?

Girl : I missed the bus.

Teachers : You should have started earlier.

Girl : My mother is ill.

Teachers : Did you do the house hold things?

Girl : Yes sir,

Teachers : Why does not your father do it?

Girl : My father is a farmer. He has gone to the field early morning.

Teachers : Oh I see! Here after avoid coming late.

Girl : Yes sir,

Rahul : Show me your essay note-book.

Surya : I kept in my home.

Rahul : Then show me your work-book.

Surya : Take it.

Teachers : What's the noise there? Who's talking?

Rahul : Sorry sir.

Teachers : Don't you know about discipline?

Rahul : I am preparing for the English test during the period.

Not Paying for SPP Yet

Eva : Why are you so depressed?

Jazil : I am confused
Eva : Why are you confused?
Jazil : I haven’t paid for SPP
Eva : Have you asked for dispensation?
Jazil : I have, but right now I can’t.
Eva : Why?
Jazil : They said that they wanted to give dispensation for the others; because I have often been
given it.
Eva : You should be patient, I am sorry I can help you because you know my parents are not
rich.
Jazil : It is OK, I appreciate it.

Kosakata :

Depressed = Murung
Confused = Bingung
Pay – paid – paid = membayar
Dispensation = Keringanan
Patient = sabar
Appreciate = menghargai, mengerti

Talking About English Assignment

Jazil : Vi, let us go to Eva’s house after school

Evi : I want to go to Internet cafe
Jazil : Why do you go there? It is a waste of money.
Evi : I have an assignment to search for narrative text in internet
Jazil : Is English assignment, is’n it?
Evi : Yes
Jazil : When will it be collected?
Evi : Tomorrow, therefore I have to go to internet cafe today
Jazil : I think my class also has this assignment as well; might you search it for me?
Evi : Why don’t we go together to internet cafe?
Jazil : I can’t, I have promised to Eva. Would you mind searching it for me?
Evi : Ok, but you should paid for the printing cost.
Jazil : all right, Rp. 2.000,- is enough, right?
Evi : Yeah, it is more than enough
Jazil : Thank you, my lovely friend Evi, I have to go to Eva’s house right now
Evi : Ok
Jazil : Don’t forget to search for my assignment. See you tomorrow.

Kosakata :

Have to = harus
Internet cafe = warnet
Waste = buang-buang
Assignment = tugas
Be collected = dikumpulkan

Math Homework

Imah : Hey, have you done your homework?

Jazil : What homework?
Imah : Math.
Jazil : What? I forgot there’s Math today, I don’t bring Math book. Do you think this homework
will be collected?
Imah : Usually it is only discussed together. But I don’t know about this homework.
Jazil : Have you done yet?
Imah : I haven’t. There are many questions I haven’t answered. The questions are very difficult
to answer.
Jazil : How about the others?
Imah : Most of them also haven’t. I think.
Jazil : Thanks to Allah, I think this homework will be discussed together.
Imah : But, try to answer it now. You are best in Math, aren’t you? It might be finished.
Jazil : I don’t think so. But I’ll try it.

Kosakata mudah-mudah kok, silahkan buka kamus jika memang dirasa sulit :D

Borrowing A Dictionary

Jazil : Do you bring English dictionary, va?

Eva : Yes, what’s the matter?
Jazil : May I borrow it, please? I have English lesson but I forgot bringing it.
Eva : No problem.
Jazil : Thank you Eva, you are my best friend.
Eva : But you have to promise me. You have to give it back after school because tomorrow I
have English lesson.
Jazil : Ok, I promise you.

 Are you allowed to eat in the classrooms?

 Are you allowed to smoke in the classrooms?

 Did you belong to any clubs in high school?

 Did you go to a public high school or a private one?

 o What are the advantages of each type of school?

o Which type of school did you want to go to?

 Did you have to wear a uniform in high school? How about elementary school?

 Did you study art in high school?

 Did your high school have a band?

o If so, did you play in it?

o What instrument would you like to play in a high school band? Why?

 Do most of your teachers take attendance?

 Do some of your teachers let class out early?

o What do you think when the teacher lets the class out early?

 Do you carry a dictionary to your English classes?

o How about your other classes?

o Do you have an electronic ditionary?

o Can you and do you access your cellphone dictionary to find the
meaning of a word?

 Do you enjoy studying English?

o Math?

o Science?

o Art?

o Biology?

o Chemistry?

 Do you ever skip class?

 Do you have any evening classes?

 Do you play on any of the school's sports teams?

 Do you still keep in touch with your best friend in elementary school?

 Have you ever been absent?

 Have you ever been late for class?

o If so, why?

o When was the last time?

o Did the teacher get angry?

 Have you ever failed a class? (Maybe this is not polite to ask.)

 Have you ever slept in class?

 How do you usually come here?

 How do you get to school?

 How long does it take you to get to school?

 How many times have you been absent from school this year?

 How much homework do you do every day?

 Was your high school strict?

 Were you on any sports teams in high school?

 What classes do you not like? Why don't you like them?

 What did you like best about high school?

 What do you like best about your school?

 What do you like the least about your school?

 What do you think about your English class? Your gym class?

 What do you think of our cafeteria?

 What do you think of this campus?

 What do you want to do after you graduate?

 What is your best memory from junior high school?

o How about high school?

o What's your worst memory?

 What school did you graduate from? What high school? What junior high
school?

 What time does your first class begin on Tuesday?

 What was the name of your junior high school?

 What were some of the rules you had to follow at your high school?

o Which rules did you think were unfair?

o Did you ever get caught breaking any school rules?

o Were you allowed to smoke on campus?

o Were you allowed to eat food in the classroom?

 What's your favorite subject?

o Why do you like it?

o Who is the teacher?

o How many times a week does the class meet?

 Which subjects are you good at? (What are your strong subjects?)

 Which subjects are you poor at? (Which subjects are difficult for you?)
 Who is your favorite teacher?

o What course does he or she teach?

o Why do you like him or her?

 What did you find the most surprising thing about the school system in the
United States?

 What are the major characteristics you think a teacher should have?

 Do you have to wear a uniform to your school? (Did you have to...)Do you like
wearing a uniform?

 Do you think school uniform is a good idea? Why/Why not?

 Are the clothes you wear to school important?

 Do you feel pressure to wear expensive, designer clothes to school?

 How are the customs in the classrooms in the US different from the customs
that you have experienced in other places?

 Who do you like to sit with in your classroom?

 Do you like to be taught by a male or female teacher?

 Do you like to be taught by a female or male teacher?

 Which subjects do you think are not useful or needed anymore?

 What does the term coeducational mean?Did you go to coeducational schools?

 Are boys and girls treated differently by teachers in coeducational schools that
you have attended? If so, how?

 Do you think girls work together much better if there are no boys around?
Agree or disagree?

 Do you feel pressure to wear expensive, designer clothes to school?

 Do you think fashion is important at school?

 Is fashion also a kind of uniform?

 What did your school uniform look like in junior high school?