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Worksheets - Socialising (2): Keeping conversations going

Conversation skills quotes (1)

Read these quotes carefully to make sure you understand all the words. Ask your teacher about any words you don’t understand. Can you guess the missing word in each quote?

  1. "Many a man would rather you heard his ________ than granted his request." (Phillip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield)

  2. "The most basic of all human needs is the need to ________ and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them." (Ralph Nichols)

  3. "Bore, n.: A person who ________ when you wish him to listen." (Ambrose Bierce)

  4. "There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And ________ are the breath of life for a conversation." (James Nathan Miller)

  5. "You cannot truly ________ to anyone and do anything else at the same time." (M. Scott Peck)

  6. "There's a big difference between showing ________ and really taking interest." (Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening)

  7. "The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my ________." (Henry David Thoreau)

  8. "There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to ________ themselves." (Albert Guinon)

Source of most quotes: leadershipnow/listeningquotes.html

Now read the quotes aloud to your partner, who has a list of the eight missing words. Your partner will suggest which word goes with which quote. Discuss the task together until you have completed all sixteen quotes.

Here are the missing words from your partner’s quotes:

communication emotions I listen reply themselves understand why?

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Conversation skills quotes (2)

Read these quotes carefully to make sure you understand all the words. Ask your teacher about any words you don’t understand. Can you guess the missing word in each quote?

  1. "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never ________." (Ernest Hemingway)

  2. "To listen closely and ________ well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation." (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

  3. "I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realise that real ________ goes in both directions." (Lee Iacocca, Former CEO Chrysler Corporation)

  4. "Seek first to ________, then to be understood." (Stephen R. Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

  5. "I would say that listening to the other person's ________ may be the most important thing I've learned in twenty years of business." (Heath Herber, Herber Company)

  6. "When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought ________ was the cleverest woman in England." (A woman when asked her impression of the two English statesmen Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone after dining with them.)

  7. "How can you have charisma? Be more concerned about making others feel good about ________ than you are making them feel good about you." (Dan Reiland)

  8. “________” On my television show, I probably use this word more than any other. It’s the greatest question ever asked and it always will be. And it is certainly the surest way of keeping a conversation lively and interesting. (Larry King, How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere)

Source of most quotes: leadershipnow/listeningquotes.html

Now read the quotes aloud to your partner, who has a list of the eight missing words. Your partner will suggest which word goes with which quote. Discuss the task together until you have completed all sixteen quotes.

Here are the missing words from your partner’s quotes:

Answer interest listen questions say story talks understand

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Making questions

  1. Add question tags to these statements. a. You work in marketing. b. The music’s a bit too loud. c. The opening speech was very inspiring. d. The journey wasn’t too bad. e. There’s going to be a prize-giving ceremony at the end. f. You should tell the organisers that you want to go to the meal. g. You haven’t been to one of these events before.

  2. Turn the statements from (1) into negative questions. What changes do you need to make? Which statement doesn’t work as a negative question? Why?

  3. Which statements from (1) could you say simply with questioning intonation? Which words would you stress?

  4. Respond to these statements with a hypothetical question to keep the conversation going. a. No, we’re never going to relocate – at least, not while our children are young. b. I don’t really have time for sports these days. c. I’ve thought about starting my own business, but I don’t like the idea of the financial risks involved. d. My hobbies? Er ... work, cooking, cleaning and sleeping.

  5. Imagine you are talking to a stranger at a conference. Think of three questions you could ask about each the following topics.

a. Work Ø Ø Ø b. Holidays Ø Ø Ø c. Hobbies Ø Ø Ø d. Family Ø Ø Ø e. Home Ø Ø Ø

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Conversation patterns

  1. Look at the following conversations. They both follow the same pattern. What is the speaker doing in each sentence 1–7?

A: So, do you have a family? Children?

1 A: Do you have time for sports?

B: Well, I’m married, but we don’t have children – yet.

2 B: No, not really.

It’s actually quite nice not to have children: it means we can see a bit of the world before we settle down.

3 I used to like running, back when I was a student, but it’s very time- consuming. What about you? 4 And you? Are you a sportswoman? A: Yes, we’ve got two sons. 5 A: Well, I’m not sure if I’m a sportswoman, but I try to keep fit. They’re wonderful, but I know what you mean about seeing the world: it’s very difficult with children.

6 I go to the gym a couple of times a week, and I also play tennis when I can. So – which countries have you visited?

7 But tell me about your days as a runner. Were you good?

  1. Now match these descriptions to the sentences 1–7. You will need to use two descriptions twice.

a. The speaker bounces the question back to the other person. b. The speaker answers the question. c. The speaker picks up on something the other person said, and asks about that. d. Opening question. e. The speaker expands on the answer – one or two sentences.

  1. Now continue one of the conversations, following the same pattern.

B: Ø

Ø

Ø

A: Ø

Ø

Ø

Game: Keeping conversations going Use the questions you wrote earlier (Making questions, tasks4 and 5) to have a conversation with a partner. Use the conversation patterns above to help you. Try to keep each conversation going for at least two minutes before you ask the next opening question.

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© BBC | British Council 2011
Worksheets - Socialising (2): Keeping conversations going
Conversation skills quotes (1)
Read these quotes carefully to make sure you understand all the words. Ask your
teacher about any words you don’t understand. Can you guess the missing word in
each quote?
1. "Many a man would rather you heard his ________ than granted his request."
(Phillip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield)
2. "The most basic of all human needs is the need to ________ and be
understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."
(Ralph Nichols)
3. "Bore, n.: A person who ________ when you wish him to listen."
(Ambrose Bierce)
4. "There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to
listen for. And ________ are the breath of life for a conversation."
(James Nathan Miller)
5. "You cannot truly ________ to anyone and do anything else at the same time."
(M. Scott Peck)
6. "There's a big difference between showing ________ and really taking interest."
(Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening)
7. "The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what
I thought, and attended to my ________."
(Henry David Thoreau)
8. "There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are
already listening to what they are going to ________ themselves."
(Albert Guinon)
Source of most quotes: http://www.leadershipnow.com/listeningquotes.html
Now read the quotes aloud to your partner, who has a list of the eight missing words.
Your partner will suggest which word goes with which quote. Discuss the task
together until you have completed all sixteen quotes.
Here are the missing words from your partner’s quotes:
communication emotions I listen reply themselves understand why?

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