This Week's Scenarios

This week the scenarios center on the informing function:

1. You need to let the school librarian know that you have lost a book. What will you say?

2. You tell your mother what clean clothes you need tomorrow. What will you say?

3. Your friend has been gone from English class the last two days, and you wonder whether she has remembered there is a test tomorrow. What will you say?

4. You dentist wants to know what kind of dental work has been done in your mouth in the last couple of years. What will you say?

5. You social studies teacher wants to know what is the most difficult kind of test for you to take. What will you say?

6. Your friend is interested in finding out what you did last weekend. What will you say?

7. Your mother wants to know if there are any clothes in your closet that are too small for you and that she can give away or put up for sale. What do you say?
8. You are interested in telling your friend about a movie that you saw last weekend. What do you say?

9. You just observed a middle-aged woman shoplifting and decide to tell the store clerk about it. What do you say?

10. A foreign exchange student wants to know how expensive it is to go to the movies in America. The student also wants to know where the nearest theatres are and what times the shows play. What will you say?

11. A teacher wants to know how your family gets around most of the time. (e.g. by car? By bus?) What will you say?

12. Your birthday is coming up, and your family and you want to make sure that your friends know what you would like. What will you say?

13. Your parents want to know what kinds of curfews your other friends have right now. What will you say?

14. You r friend wants to know if you have ever been permitted to stay alone all night long. What will you say?

15. Call the doctor’s office and let them know that you would like to make an appointment for next week. What will you say?

16. Your friend wants to know your sister’s name . What will you say?

I will be helping students rehearse conversations that center around informing. Looks like fun

Pat